Chat & AI
Deleting and restoring chats
A deleted chat waits in Trash for 30 days. Restore it, delete it for good, or empty the whole bin.
Step 1
Delete a chat
Open the chat options from the three dots or a right-click and press Delete, the red item at the bottom.
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Step 2
Confirm, and it goes to Trash
A window asks you to confirm. Press Delete and the chat moves to Trash. It disappears from the list, and if it was open you are taken back to the start screen. Nothing is lost yet.
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Step 3
Open Trash
Trash is the button at the very bottom of the chat list. If it cannot be loaded, it says Trash could not be loaded. with a Try again button.
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Step 4
What you see there
Trash replaces the list with your deleted chats, newest deletion first, each with the date it was deleted and how many days it has left. The countdown turns amber at a week and red at three days. The arrow at the top takes you back to your chats.
Trash
Chats auto-delete after 30 days
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Step 5
Restore
Press Restore on a row. The chat goes straight back into your list and opens, with its messages, threads and files exactly as they were. If it cannot be restored, a note at the bottom right says so and the chat stays in Trash.
Trash
Chats auto-delete after 30 days
Onboarding checklist
Deleted Oct 11, 2026·26d leftDraft email to supplier
Deleted Sep 20, 2026·5d leftOld brainstorm
Deleted Sep 15, 2026·Deletes soon
Step 6
Delete permanently
The bin icon on a row deletes that chat for good, after a confirmation. It removes the messages, uploads, generated images and any generated documents you never saved. Documents you saved to your library stay where they are.
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Step 7
Empty trash
Empty trash in red at the top does the same for everything in Trash at once, after a confirmation that says how many chats will go. Any that cannot be deleted stay in Trash, and a note says how many.
Trash
Chats auto-delete after 30 days
Onboarding checklist
Deleted Oct 11, 2026·26d leftDraft email to supplier
Deleted Sep 20, 2026·5d leftOld brainstorm
Deleted Sep 15, 2026·Deletes soon
Step 8
After 30 days
Anything still in Trash after 30 days is deleted automatically; a row at zero reads Deletes soon. Hubs have their own Trash with the same 30 days, at the bottom of the Hubs panel. Deleting a chat from inside a hub sends it to this chat Trash, not the hub one.
Trash
Chats auto-delete after 30 days
Old brainstorm
Deleted Sep 15, 2026·Deletes soon
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