How to Delete Multiple ChatGPT Chats at Once

How do I delete one ChatGPT chat?

This is the only built-in way to remove a chat you choose. As of November 2026, on chatgpt.com in a desktop browser, on Free and Plus:

1. Hover over the chat in the left sidebar.
2. Click the ⋯ button that appears next to its title.
3. Select Delete.
4. A box asks “Delete chat?” and warns that this can’t be undone. Click Delete chat.

You can also open the same menu from the chat’s title at the top of the page. OpenAI’s help page on deleting and archiving chats covers both built-in routes.

Repeat for each chat. Twenty old chats means doing this twenty times.

Can I clear every chat instead?

Yes, with Delete all chats under Settings > Data controls. It clears your whole history, with no way to keep some. Save any chat you want to keep first, for example as a PDF.

Can I select some ChatGPT chats and delete just those?

No. As of November 2026 ChatGPT has no multi-select for chats. A live check on Plus found none. You pick between one at a time and all at once.

Users have asked for it. Two requests on the OpenAI community forum, from August 4 and August 28, 2026, ask for a way to tick several chats to archive or delete. OpenAI staff gave no timeline in those threads.

GPT Master, a browser extension, adds checkboxes to the chat list for this. Other extensions do the same job.

How do I tick several chats and delete them with GPT Master?

This works on chatgpt.com in Chrome or Edge on a computer. Once the extension is installed and you reload the page, its sidebar takes the place of ChatGPT’s chat list.

1. Clear any search or filter in the sidebar. You cannot select chats while one is active.
2. Hover over a chat. A checkbox shows next to it. Click the checkbox.
3. To pick a run of chats, Shift-click a second checkbox. Every chat between the two is selected.
4. In the bar above the list, click the trash icon (Delete selected). You can also right-click a selected chat and choose Delete selected.
5. A dialog asks you to confirm and says this cannot be undone. Click Delete.

To hide the chats instead of deleting them, click Archive selected in step 4. They leave the list and stay under ChatGPT’s Archived chats. GPT Master’s page on bulk delete describes the same feature.

What it does not do:

• A delete cannot be undone.
• It runs only in a desktop browser on chatgpt.com, not in the ChatGPT mobile apps.
• It is free with a weekly limit on how many chats it deletes or archives. A paid GPT Master plan removes the limit.

An extension that deletes chats acts on the ChatGPT account you are signed in to. Test it on a few chats you do not need before you run it on a long list.