ChatGPT Memory lets the AI remember facts about you — like your job, preferences, or family situation — and use them in future conversations. You can view everything it has saved, delete any memory you don't want, or turn the feature off entirely in your settings.
ChatGPT can now carry information from one conversation to the next. If you mention that you're vegetarian, it will remember that the next time you ask for recipe ideas. If you say you're job hunting, it will factor that in when you ask for writing help.
That's useful — but it raises a fair question: what exactly does it know about you, and how do you control it? Here's the full picture.
Open ChatGPT settings
Go to chatgpt.com and sign in to your account. In the bottom left corner of the screen, click your name or profile icon. A small menu appears — select Settings from it.
A settings window will open. Look for a section called Personalization or Memory in the left-hand menu and click it.
Find your saved memories
Inside the Memory section, you'll see a button or link labeled something like Manage memories or View memories. Click it.
A list appears showing every fact ChatGPT has saved about you. Each entry is a short phrase — things like "prefers vegetarian recipes," "works in accounting," or "has two kids in elementary school." Some of these you mentioned intentionally; others the AI picked up from things you said in passing.
Take a few minutes to scroll through the whole list.
Delete any memory you don't want
Scan through the list. For any item you want to remove, click the small trash icon or X button next to it. It's deleted immediately — ChatGPT will no longer use that fact in future conversations.
You can also delete all memories at once with a Clear all button if you want to start completely fresh.
Turn off Memory for a single conversation
If you want one private conversation that won't add to your memory or appear in your history, look for a Temporary Chat option. It's usually a toggle near the top of the chat window or accessible from the new chat menu.
In a Temporary Chat, nothing gets saved to your memory and the conversation won't appear in your sidebar after you close it. It's a good choice for sensitive personal topics or anything you simply don't want remembered.
Turn Memory off completely
If you'd rather ChatGPT not remember anything at all, go back to Settings → Personalization → Memory and toggle Memory off. When it's off, ChatGPT won't save any new facts from your conversations, and it won't use any previously saved ones.
Your existing memories are not deleted when you toggle it off — they're just paused. If you turn Memory back on later, those saved facts become active again.
Add a memory on purpose
You can also tell ChatGPT what to remember. Just say something like: "Remember that I'm vegetarian" or "Remember that I prefer short, direct answers." ChatGPT will confirm that it saved the fact.
This is useful for making sure the AI knows things about you that it hasn't picked up yet — rather than waiting for it to notice on its own.
What to try next
If you want to review your broader ChatGPT privacy settings — like what gets stored in your account and how to manage your data — ChatGPT Privacy Settings covers that in full. And if you're new to ChatGPT altogether, How to Use ChatGPT is the right place to start.
