Somewhere in your ChatGPT history, there’s probably a conversation you would rather nobody accidentally opened.
Maybe it’s a personal question, an unfinished business idea, a surprise you’re planning or a conversation that makes absolutely no sense without context.
Whatever it is, ChatGPT now has a feature designed to give selected conversations an extra layer of privacy.
On October 20, OpenAI introduced Locked Chats, allowing users to protect individual conversations without deleting them.
The feature lets people secure selected chats using a four-digit PIN or supported biometric authentication, such as Face ID or Touch ID.
Once locked, those conversations are moved out of the regular chat history and hidden from normal search results.
To open them again, users need to authenticate.
Finally, some privacy for that chat history?
Well, a specific kind of privacy.
Locked Chats are designed to prevent other people using your device from casually opening certain conversations.
They’re not the same as Temporary Chats, which work differently and don’t remain in the usual conversation history.
There’s also an important distinction between hiding a conversation on your screen and changing how its data is stored.
Locking a conversation doesn’t automatically delete its information or change the platform’s retention policies.
The feature is rolling out gradually, including to supported ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and Edu workspaces.
That means availability can vary depending on the account.
Still, as more people use AI for studying, working, brainstorming and discussing personal situations, privacy controls are becoming an increasingly important part of the experience.
And for anyone who has ever handed their phone to a friend while worrying about what might appear on the screen, the appeal is fairly obvious.
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