Delete or turn off what ChatGPT remembers
privacy & data controls
// what it does
In Settings > Personalization > Memory you can delete individual memories from the memory summary, or use the three-dot menu's "Delete and turn off memory" to clear them all and stop new ones. Deleting memories does not delete your chats. To make a specific chat stop feeding memory, delete that chat too.
// gotcha
Turning memory off keeps existing memories unless you delete them, and turning it back on later may recreate memories from chats still in your history. OpenAI may also retain a log of deleted saved memories for up to 30 days for safety and debugging.