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Your ChatGPT history is worth saving — here’s how to back it up

By Amanda Caswell, Tom's Guide

Your ChatGPT history is worth saving — here’s how to back it up

Picture: Tom's Guide

As a ChatGPT power user, I am constantly going back and referencing past conversations and Projects. Whether it's a meal plan my family actually liked or a resume I spent an evening working on, there are many chats that are just too important to lose. Over time, those exchanges become a history of work you've done, which means, the only copy shouldn't be inside your account. Leaving it there makes it harder to keep that work somewhere you control. You don’t need to be planning an exit from ChatGPT to save your history. The same logic applies to backing up photos or keeping a copy of an important document: if you’d be annoyed to lose it, it’s worth saving. The good news is, ChatGPT has a built-in export option.

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