Temporary Chat gives you a private, one-off conversation space in ChatGPT that isn’t saved to your chat history or Memory, making it ideal for discussing sensitive projects, client matters, HR issues, business planning, or other topics that you don’t want appearing in your regular chat history.
Most people use ChatGPT in the same chat environment all the time. Temporary Chat creates a separate space for conversations that you don’t want appearing in your normal chat history and don’t want influencing future conversations through Memory.
It’s particularly useful when you need help thinking through a sensitive business issue, drafting a confidential document, reviewing a commercial situation, or brainstorming ideas that are only relevant to a specific project.
You’ll see a Temporary Chat indicator within the conversation, confirming that the chat won’t appear in your history and won’t be used to update Memory.
Temporary Chat helps keep sensitive discussions separate from your everyday work, reduces clutter in your chat history, and provides a convenient way to discuss one-off projects, client matters, HR issues, and other sensitive topics without them becoming part of your ongoing ChatGPT record.
They are always on hand to help, especially outside of normal working hours to help lessen the disruption to our users.
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