Posted Aug 27, 2026 at 7:42 PM UTCEEmma RothChatGPT adds an option to save your temporary chats.You can also now personalize a temporary chat with existing memories, custom instructions, and plugins. OpenAI notes that temporary chats “don’t create new memories, and stay out of your sidebar unless you choose to save them.”Image: OpenAIFollow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Emma Roth
ChatGPT adds an option to save your temporary chats.
You can also now personalize a temporary chat with existing memories, custom instructions, and plugins. OpenAI notes that temporary chats “don’t create new memories, and stay out of your sidebar unless you choose to save them.” [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/chatgpt-temp-chats.png?quality=90&strip=all]
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