Memory · OpenAI
How to delete ChatGPT's memory
thecontinuitylayer.com/memory/chatgpt/delete-memoryWhether you can delete what ChatGPT remembers, one fact or all of it, and whether it stays gone.
Partly
Docs grade · You can delete it and it stays deleted
22 October 2026
Checked on OpenAI's pages
Read from published docs, not a test we ran
Report a change →Partly, according to OpenAI's own pages.
OpenAI says you can delete a saved memory in settings or ask ChatGPT to forget it; full removal also means deleting the chats it came from.
OpenAI's own pageChecked 22 October 2026
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8590148-memory-faqThe test: You can delete it and it stays deleted
Delete the fact, open a new chat, ask; repeat after 24 hours.
- ✓ Yes
- Gone both times.
- ½ Partly
- Gone at first, returns later.
- ✕ No
- Still remembered.
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