{"id":2287,"date":"2024-09-16T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2024-09-18T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T17:15:26","slug":"how-to-use-temporary-chat-in-chatgpt-and-what-it-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/how-to-use-temporary-chat-in-chatgpt-and-what-it-does\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Temporary Chat in ChatGPT and What It Does"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/what-is-chatgpt\/\">ChatGPT<\/a>, when you start a conversation, you can choose the available model like \u201cGPT-4o\u201d, \u201co1-mini\u201d, etc., and under all of these, there\u2019s an option for <strong>Temporary chat<\/strong>. When toggled on, your chat with ChatGPT will become, well, a temporary chat. But what exactly is a temporary chat, and what does it do? <\/p>\n<figure data-lazy=\"\"><span class=\"img-ratio-placeholder\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Temporary chat option in ChatGPT interface\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/suimy.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hero-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Temporary chat option in ChatGPT interface\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/suimy.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hero-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><span class=\"img-ratio-placeholder__fill\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;max-width:1600px\"><\/span><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>In this post, I\u2019ll explain it in a simple way so you\u2019ll know if you should use it or not.<\/p>\n<h5>What is a Temporary Chat?<\/h5>\n<p>As the name suggests, this chat is temporary. You\u2019ll start with a blank slate instead of resuming a previous conversation. <\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT will not be aware of prior interactions or able to access past memories.<\/p>\n<h5>How to Start a Temporary Chat<\/h5>\n<p>Login to ChatGPT, select the version you want to use from the top menu, and toggle on \u201c<strong>Temporary Chat<\/strong>\u201c. This will begin a session with a clean slate.<\/p>\n<figure data-lazy=\"\"><span class=\"img-ratio-placeholder\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"How to enable temporary chat in ChatGPT settings\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/suimy.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Temporary-chat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"How to enable temporary chat in ChatGPT settings\" width=\"1306\" height=\"794\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/suimy.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Temporary-chat.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><span class=\"img-ratio-placeholder__fill\" style=\"padding-bottom:60%;max-width:1306px\"><\/span><\/span><\/figure>\n<h5>Temporary chats Won\u2019t Appear in History<\/h5>\n<p>Your usual chats are listed on the left sidebar, where you can access and continue conversations. <\/p>\n<p>However, Temporary chats will not be listed there. According to OpenAI, they may still keep a copy of the chat for up to 30 days, but it will be inaccessible to you.<\/p>\n<h5>Temporary chats Won\u2019t Be Used for Training<\/h5>\n<p>Unlike your regular chats, conversations that happen in Temporary chats will not be used for OpenAI\u2019s training purposes.<\/p>\n<h5>Temporary Chat is Gone When You Close the Session<\/h5>\n<p>Temporary chats will be erased and become inaccessible the moment you do any of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Close the browser<\/li>\n<li>Refresh the ChatGPT page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Temporary Chat Can Be Turned Back Into Normal Chat<\/h5>\n<p>At any point during your session with ChatGPT in temporary chat mode, you can toggle off the temporary chat option.<\/p>\n<p>When you do, the session will automatically become a normal chat, and the conversation will then be accessible from the sidebar like any other chat.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/temporary-chat-in-chatgpt\/\">How to Use Temporary Chat in ChatGPT and What It Does<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\">Hongkiat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside ChatGPT, when you start a conversation, you can choose the available model like \u201cGPT-4o\u201d, \u201co1-mini\u201d, etc., and under all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292,"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions\/2292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/suimy.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}