Export all your ChatGPT data
privacy & data controls
// what it does
Request a full export from Settings > Data Controls > Export data > Export, then Confirm export. ChatGPT emails a download link when the archive is ready — a ZIP containing your chat history and account data, including your custom instructions. Download it while signed in to the same account that requested it.
// gotcha
The export can take up to 7 days to arrive, and the download link expires 24 hours after you receive it — miss the window and you request a new export. The archive is a data dump, not a polished document; conversations come as HTML and JSON.