How to clear, delete, increase, disable ChatGPT Memory

In this post, we will illustrate how to clear, delete, expand, or disable ChatGPT Memory in Windows 11/10. ChatGPT is an advanced AI chatbot in the human voice. In simple words, while having a conversation with it, it remembers some data regarding what the user types into it and tries to respond with it. Also, when "Memory" is turned on, it stores some data from the previous conversations.

In ChatGPT, memory works in the same way as user-defined instructions. To help future conversations flow, ChatGPT remembers certain details you may discuss with it. When generating a response, these summaries will be appended to the chat record.

ChatGPT can synthesize or update existing 

knowledge whenever it is needed. It has the ability to let you delete, remove, or turn off its memory at any time. You can delete or remove its memory, or even turn off its ability to remember. It was trained never to remember anything important unless you tell it to.

How to manage ChatGPT memory: clear, remove, increase, or disable

If you have Windows 11 or Windows 10 on your computer, then we can show you how you can clear all, increase, or disable the memory of ChatGPT.

Remove All Data from ChatGPT's Memory

Click on your profile settings represented by a gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen. From the left side of the Settings window, select Personalization.

Click the Manage button to choose each and every one of the memories that you want to delete.

A list of the memories that ChatGPT is keeping will pop up on your screen. Click the memory you want to delete, then click on the trash can icon. A pop-up window will appear to confirm. Scroll and select "Forget" to delete memories.

After you've confirmed your choice, scroll to the bottom and select the option to Clear memories.

Forget that I work for TheWindowsClub.com is only one such example of how you can have ChatGPT forget certain details when you enable "Memory." as in "Forget all that you remembered"; that will blank your mind entirely.

The permanent deletion of information stored under your OpenAI account including the memories saved by ChatGPT also involves disabling your OpenAI account.

Increase ChatGPT Memory

ChatGPT does not allow users to increase the fixed memory per session. Memory across sessions is not yet associated with a price because it is a feature rather than an upgrade. On the other hand, here are some things you can do to get more memory out of ChatGPT if it's full or almost full:

You can utilize the Settings menu to review your memory and delete any old irrelevant data.

Use specific phrases such as "forget my last conversation about air purifiers" to tell ChatGPT to forget certain information.

Then, ask ChatGPT to summarize the conversation into key points, using something like, "Summarize this conversation and only include the most important information." You can then go through the summary and ask it to commit to memory with a phrase such as, "Store this summary in memory and forget the rest of the conversation."

Turn the remember feature off for talks that you don't think you will ever need.

If you have a quick question, need to discuss something once, and won't be revisiting the subject, then use Temporary Chat.

Turn off the memory of ChatGPT

Go to the interface of ChatGPT, find your profile image in the upper right corner, and select Settings. Further, you are able to turn off memory.

De-select the setting "Memory" in the 

"Personalization" window left side of the Settings dialogue.

To disable memory, confirm as soon as asked. This will prevent ChatGPT from preserving data between sessions going forward.

Advice: Speaking with someone who has no memory is possible via Temporary Chat.

With Temporary Chat, the chatbot is not going to use or build any memories for this session; you can converse on a clean slate. A new discussion, a simple close of the browser, or even refreshing the page will erase all of your prior conversations when using temporary chat. The history will never flow from one session to another, no matter if the account has memory set up or not.

If you are interested in privacy or would not want ChatGPT to record certain information, then a temporary chat is the way to go. Click the dropdown menu for ChatGPT version at the top of the screen. Then toggle on Temporary chat to initiate a temporary chat.

Note that ChatGPT won't store or remember any temporary chats, but OpenAI may retain a copy for 30 days due to security and surveillance reasons.

Anyway, we hope the above steps will guide you. We wish you the best of luck and see you next time.