What is the temporary chat option in ChatGPT?
The option which translates as “temporary chat” in ChatGPT means the usage of the mode where the information entered by the participants is not stored after the certain session is over. This option is available on Android, iOS, and desktop, the users can also access it for free without any premium subscription.
How does it work?
- Enabling Temporary Chat: Temporary chat means any conversation that you will indulge in will be temporary depending on its activation.
- Disabling Temporary Chat: If you turn off this setting, your chats may be saved and be recoverable in the future depending on the platform’s policies.
- This feature can be useful to anyone who wants to ensure their privacy especially when it comes to messaging because there is no message history.
How to enable and disable the temporary chat option?
If you are using ChatGPT as an application or through an interface, to enable or disable the function of temporary conversation, the standard actions are usually performed in the settings of the application or the platform you are using. Nevertheless, the details can be concrete, depending on the interface, for instance, OpenAI’s official web app, integration with a third party, etc.
- Log in to Your Account: In this case, proceed to the ChatGPT website and sign in if you already have an account.
- Access Settings: This option is to tap on the profile icon or click your account name which is located in the lower, left corner. On mobile, there is often a specific settings section; it is opened through an icon on the profile, or in the toolbar.
- Find Temporary Chat Option: You should search for a block with a title like “Data Controls” or something like that. Here, you should find options to turn on or turn off “temporary chat.”
- Toggle the Option: To turn on and off temporary chat, you need to slide the toggle switch. The usual effect of disabling this is that chat history will be saved across sessions. Enabling it might mean that the history of the chat is not saved after the particular session is over.
- Save Changes: If necessary, select Save or agree with changes with the help of this button Save at the bottom of the page.
Why should we consider using this feature?
- Temporary chat means that the conversation is not saved and this eliminates the probability of the data being retrieved later on.
- Of course, if you are talking about personal, sensitive, or confidential topics temporary chat does not let the information be stored and that is one more advantage.
- You will remain in charge of your conversation data knowing fully well that none of your data will be recorded for future or further use.
- For those who are having problems with people hacking into their accounts or stealing people’s information, less data is exposed when people use temporary chat.
- There are some people or organizations that might have certain restrictions to the storage and usage of data, thus temporary chat is preferable.