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Before you fully delete your account, don't forget to first save your chats! Go to https://chatgpt.com/#settings/DataControls https://chatgpt.com/#settings/Data

Before you fully delete your account, don't forget to first save your chats! Go to https://chatgpt.com/#settings/DataControls https://chatgpt.com/#settings/DataControls and click Export under "Export Data".

ddxv 7mo ago
What value does this give you? Part of why I deleted my account was I couldn't think of a single thing of value in my chats from the past couple years? Maybe some nostalgia looking at what bugs I was fixing?
- Nevermark 7mo ago
  You’re confusing your situation with others. There are unlimited reasons someone else might want their chats.
  - ddxv 7mo ago
    Yeah, just curious what those reasons are? Like a valuable thought process you want to keep? Or like a data dump that is useful for looking at later?
    - Nevermark 7mo ago
      Answers to non-trivial questions. Records of wide ranging topics I explored.
    - e40 7mo ago
      You seriously can’t imagine a single reason why someone would want to save their chats? That’s hard to believe.
- puchatek 7mo ago
  For me this is very valuable. The results of personal "research projects" are in there. I use it for reference. Of course I could ask Claude to get me those answers but why waste the energy?
  - ddxv 7mo ago
    Thank you, was just kind of curious. I've never really seen how other people use AI chats so was curious what the use cases were.
    - adithyassekhar 7mo ago
      Same I furiously clear memories. This is a tool, not my friend or assistant.
- busko 7mo ago
  Upvoted because you were genuinely asking a question and don't deserve to be down voted for that.
  - ddxv 7mo ago
    Thanks, but I guess I understand the sentiment. I probably should have not said that I couldn't think of "a single thing of value" when that is a bit of a judgement along with my question. Anyways, it is interesting hearing what people ask it, I think I've only ever used it like a search engine / bug fixing while it seems some people have much deeper conversations or discussions that are worth remembering.
    - larusso 7mo ago
      I for one might use these chats as an input for switching over to keep the learning process fast. For me it took a while for ChatGPT to get me. I know that other people delete memories because they want a clean slate experience with every chat. I use chatGPT mostly private (use claud code for work for instance) and I prefer that memories travel across chats.
    - busko 7mo ago
      I'm glad I upvoted. Your perspective and questions are valid, no matter the depth of conversation. You'd be surprised what fresh questions can do for a topic.
- arjie 7mo ago
  Some people have apparently been using it as a notepad. See the following: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04064-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04064-7 In my case, I would rather keep it than lose it. It's just text so small amount of data. You can trivially get a GPT Embedding for it and search it in DuckDB later for things you asked.
yread 7mo ago
You can also just dump the localdb
atomicfiredoll 7mo ago
Thanks. I've been meaning to do this for a couple days and this made it easy enough to do in the moment.

ddxv 7mo ago

What value does this give you? Part of why I deleted my account was I couldn't think of a single thing of value in my chats from the past couple years? Maybe some nostalgia looking at what bugs I was fixing?

Nevermark 7mo ago
You’re confusing your situation with others. There are unlimited reasons someone else might want their chats.
- ddxv 7mo ago
  Yeah, just curious what those reasons are? Like a valuable thought process you want to keep? Or like a data dump that is useful for looking at later?
  - Nevermark 7mo ago
    Answers to non-trivial questions. Records of wide ranging topics I explored.
  - e40 7mo ago
    You seriously can’t imagine a single reason why someone would want to save their chats? That’s hard to believe.
puchatek 7mo ago
For me this is very valuable. The results of personal "research projects" are in there. I use it for reference. Of course I could ask Claude to get me those answers but why waste the energy?
- ddxv 7mo ago
  Thank you, was just kind of curious. I've never really seen how other people use AI chats so was curious what the use cases were.
  - adithyassekhar 7mo ago
    Same I furiously clear memories. This is a tool, not my friend or assistant.
busko 7mo ago
Upvoted because you were genuinely asking a question and don't deserve to be down voted for that.
- ddxv 7mo ago
  Thanks, but I guess I understand the sentiment. I probably should have not said that I couldn't think of "a single thing of value" when that is a bit of a judgement along with my question. Anyways, it is interesting hearing what people ask it, I think I've only ever used it like a search engine / bug fixing while it seems some people have much deeper conversations or discussions that are worth remembering.
  - larusso 7mo ago
    I for one might use these chats as an input for switching over to keep the learning process fast. For me it took a while for ChatGPT to get me. I know that other people delete memories because they want a clean slate experience with every chat. I use chatGPT mostly private (use claud code for work for instance) and I prefer that memories travel across chats.
  - busko 7mo ago
    I'm glad I upvoted. Your perspective and questions are valid, no matter the depth of conversation. You'd be surprised what fresh questions can do for a topic.
arjie 7mo ago
Some people have apparently been using it as a notepad. See the following: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04064-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04064-7 In my case, I would rather keep it than lose it. It's just text so small amount of data. You can trivially get a GPT Embedding for it and search it in DuckDB later for things you asked.

yread 7mo ago

You can also just dump the localdb

atomicfiredoll 7mo ago

Thanks. I've been meaning to do this for a couple days and this made it easy enough to do in the moment.