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ChatGPT Memory
Built-in memory in the ChatGPT consumer app: saved memories plus referencing past chats, managed by users in settings.
Help Center Memory FAQ describes the newer automatic memory system with a memory summary page and memory 'sources' view (fetched via search 2026-10-25; direct fetch returned 403). (checked 2026-10-25)
In Agent memory
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? proprietary or closed source (19% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? no, it needs the maker's servers (10% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (0% of 21 others)
- Does it work with models from different LLM vendors? no, tied to one model vendor (10% of 21 others)
- What shape does it mainly take (the one its docs lead with)? end-user app, plugin, or assistant feature (10% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (67% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (75% of 20 others)
- In the default setup, who mainly decides what gets remembered? the system, by extracting memories from conversations or data in the background (67% of 21 others)
- By default, how do old or wrong memories mainly go away? the system updates, merges, or decays them automatically (58% of 19 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- Do you need an account to use it?
- What is the main storage model for long-term memory?
Nearest neighbors
- Claude memory tool (Anthropic API) 53% of 15 shared answers match
- Letta (formerly MemGPT) 53% of 15 shared answers match
- Supermemory 53% of 15 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart proprietary or closed source | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | stands apart no, it needs the maker's servers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | Not documented OpenAI pages returned 403; could not confirm login requirement. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | stands apart non-developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | none of these (its own format or interface) Built into ChatGPT; no shared format. | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, who mainly decides what gets remembered? | the system, by extracting memories from conversations or data in the background Newer system updates memories automatically; users can also ask it to remember. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How can the person the memories are about see and edit them? | directly, as readable files or in a UI they control Users view, edit, delete memories and see sources in settings. | source 2026-10-25 |
| By default, how do old or wrong memories mainly go away? | the system updates, merges, or decays them automatically Newer system updates memories automatically; users can delete; deleted memories may be logged up to 30 days. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do memories live in the default setup the docs lead with? | in the vendor's cloud | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it work with models from different LLM vendors? | stands apart no, tied to one model vendor | source 2026-10-25 |
| What is the main storage model for long-term memory? | Not documented Internals not documented. | source 2026-10-25 |
| What shape does it mainly take (the one its docs lead with)? | stands apart end-user app, plugin, or assistant feature | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is there a first-party MCP server for it? | no | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is memory separated between users or tenants? | one store per user or agent; the app partitions it Per ChatGPT account. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it publish scores on public memory benchmarks (LoCoMo, LongMemEval, BEAM, etc.)? | no | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Web page · help.openai.com/en/articles/8590148-memory-faq · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · openai.com/index/memory-and-new-controls-for-chatgpt/ · read 2026-10-25
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