How to Export All Your ChatGPT Conversations

How do I export all my ChatGPT chats?

These steps are for chatgpt.com in a desktop browser. They were the same on Free and Plus when checked in November 2026.

1. Click your name at the bottom left of the sidebar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Data controls in the list on the left.
4. Find the Export data row and click Export.
5. A box titled “Request data export?” opens. Click Confirm export.

The box says your account details and chats will be included, that a download link goes to your registered email address, and that the link expires after 24 hours. Nothing in it lets you pick which chats go in.

How long does a ChatGPT export take?

Expect it to take several days, so ask well before you need the file. OpenAI says it can take up to 7 days. When it is ready you get an email, or a text message if your account uses only a phone number. Open it and select Download data export.

The link expires 24 hours after you receive it. Download it while signed in to the same account that asked for the export. If the link runs out, request a new export.

If you already have a request in progress, wait for it to finish. ChatGPT may show that an export has already been requested.

Can I export from the ChatGPT app?

Yes, as of November 2026, per OpenAI’s help page. On iOS, open account settings, select Data controls, then Export data, then Confirm export. On Android, open Settings from your profile menu, select Data controls, then Export Data, and confirm. If the app shows Open ChatGPT on web instead, finish the steps in a browser on the same account.

What is in the ChatGPT export file?

OpenAI describes it as a ZIP with your chat history and other account data. Its help page does not list the files inside.

Chats you already deleted are not in it. OpenAI suggests opening the ZIP and checking that the chats you need are there.

The export is not a PDF, Word or Markdown file. For one chat in those formats, see save a chat as PDF or chat to Markdown or Word.

Who can use ChatGPT Export data?

As of November 2026, OpenAI lists export from settings for Free, Go, Plus, Pro and eligible Edu workspaces. It is not offered in Business, Enterprise or ChatGPT for Healthcare workspaces. It does not work while you are logged out.

If you plan to move a personal workspace into a Business, Enterprise or Edu workspace, OpenAI says to download and check your export first. After the personal workspace is removed, older links and new requests may not work.

If you cannot sign in at all, OpenAI’s Privacy Portal takes a data request instead (see the FAQ below).

How do I export only the chats I pick with GPT Master?

ChatGPT cannot export only the chats you pick. Its export always covers the whole account. GPT Master, a browser extension, adds it. Other extensions export chats too.

Exporting several chats or a folder needs GPT Master’s highest paid plan. On its other plans, the export items open an upgrade prompt instead of a download. It runs on chatgpt.com in a desktop browser (Chrome or Edge), not in the ChatGPT mobile apps. Its sidebar takes the place of ChatGPT’s chat list.

1. Open chatgpt.com with the GPT Master sidebar on. Clear any search or filter first.
2. Hover a chat and click the checkbox that shows. To pick a range, click one checkbox, then Shift-click another.
3. Right-click the selection.
4. Choose Download selected as web page (HTML) or Download selected as text (Markdown).
5. Keep the tab open until the download starts.

For a folder, right-click it in the sidebar and choose Download folder as web page (HTML) or Download folder as text (Markdown).

Either way you get one file with all the chosen chats in it. The steps for one chat are on GPT Master’s export page.

Its limits:

• HTML or Markdown only. There is no PDF for several chats.
• One run has a cap on the number of chats and on total size. Chats past the cap are left out; export them in another batch.
• The tab must stay open while it runs.

An extension that exports chats reads them from the ChatGPT account you are signed in to. Read its privacy policy before you use it on work chats, and try it on a few chats first.