Stopping or regenerating a response Guide

Sometimes the assistant heads in the wrong direction, or you realize halfway through that you asked the wrong question. You can stop a reply while it's still generating and regenerate a fresh answer whenever a response isn't quite what you needed.

Stopping a response in progress

While the assistant is generating a reply, the Send button in the composer becomes a Stop button. Select it to halt the response immediately.

1. Watch for the Stop control in the composer while the assistant is still writing.
2. Select it to interrupt the reply.
3. The assistant keeps whatever it had produced up to that point and stops working.

Stopping is useful when you can already see the answer is off track, when the reply is longer than you need, or when you want to add a clarifying detail before it goes further.

Note: Anything the assistant already wrote before you stopped stays in the conversation. You can read it, copy from it, or simply send a new message to steer things in a better direction.

What happens when a reply is interrupted

If a response stops partway — because you stopped it, or the connection dropped — you don't lose your place. The conversation stays intact, and you have a few ways to continue:

• Send a follow-up message asking the assistant to continue or finish where it left off.
• Regenerate the answer to start the reply over (see below).
• Rephrase your original request if the direction wasn't working.

Did the action actually happen?

Any action that reaches the outside world — sending an email or message, deleting something, or making a payment — always shows an Approve card first and only runs after you confirm it. If you stopped a reply before approving that card, the action did not run. If you want to be sure something went through, ask the assistant to confirm the current status, and it will check for you.

Regenerating an answer you didn't like

If the assistant finishes a reply but the result misses the mark, you can regenerate the last answer instead of retyping your request.

1. Find the assistant's most recent reply.
2. Choose the option to regenerate the response.
3. The assistant produces a fresh answer to the same request.

Regenerating is the quickest fix when a reply was cut off, when the wording didn't land, or when you simply want a different take on the same question.

Steering a better response

Regenerating gives you a new attempt, but the fastest way to get exactly what you want is usually to tell the assistant what to change. Rather than regenerating repeatedly, send a short follow-up describing the adjustment.

• Too long or too short? Ask for a specific length — "keep it to three bullet points" or "give me a full page."
• Wrong tone or format? Ask for what you want — "make it more formal," "turn this into a table," or "write it as an email."
• Missing something? Add the detail you left out and ask it to revise.

Because the assistant remembers the context of your conversation, follow-up instructions build on what came before instead of starting from scratch.

Tips for getting the answer you want

• Stop early when a reply is clearly going the wrong way — you don't have to wait for it to finish.
• Give one clear instruction at a time when steering a revision, so the assistant knows exactly what to change.
• Use a follow-up message rather than regenerating when you know what you want different; regenerate when you just want a fresh attempt at the same request.

Tip: If you find yourself regenerating the same reply several times, it usually helps to add more detail to your original request — the audience, the format, the length, or the goal. A little context up front saves several rounds of back-and-forth.