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Starting, renaming, clearing & deleting chats Guide

Keep separate conversations for different projects — each with its own history and files — and learn how to start, rename, clear, and delete them.

Last updated July 16, 2026

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The AI Assistant lets you keep several separate conversations at once, so you can give each project, client, or line of work its own space. Every conversation carries its own message history and its own set of attached files, which keeps context clean and makes past work easy to find.

Why keep multiple chats

A single running conversation is convenient, but as topics pile up the context can get crowded and older details harder to locate. Separate chats solve that:

  • Focused context — the assistant stays anchored to the topic at hand instead of blending unrelated threads.
  • Self-contained history — each chat keeps its own transcript, so you can return to a project weeks later and pick up exactly where you left off.
  • Per-chat files — anything you upload or the assistant creates lives in that conversation's own Files panel, not scattered across everything you've ever done.
Tip: Start a fresh chat whenever you switch to a genuinely different task. It's the simplest way to keep each thread coherent and your history easy to browse.

Starting a new chat

  1. Open the AI Assistant.
  2. Choose to start a new chat from the conversation list or the new-chat control near the composer.
  3. Type your first message, or pick one of the suggested starter prompts on the welcome screen to get going quickly.

The new conversation begins empty, with its own history and its own Files panel. Your other chats stay exactly as you left them.

Switching between chats

Your conversations are listed together so you can move between them freely. Select any chat to reopen its full history and the files shared inside it. Nothing is lost when you switch — each thread keeps its own state.

Continue from your phone

Conversations stay in sync between the web app and any phone channels you've connected, such as SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, or voice. You can start a chat at your computer and carry it on from your phone without losing the thread.

Renaming a chat

A clear title makes the right conversation easy to spot later. New chats start with an automatic name based on your opening message, and you can change it whenever you like.

  1. Open or locate the chat you want to rename.
  2. Open its options and choose the rename action.
  3. Enter a descriptive title — for example, the client name or project — and save.

Renaming affects only the title. Your messages and files stay untouched.

Clearing a chat's history

If you want to keep a conversation but start its thread fresh, clearing removes the existing messages so you can begin again in the same place. The cleanest approach is usually to simply start a new chat for the new topic, which leaves your earlier work intact for reference.

Note: Clearing or removing messages can't be undone. If a conversation contains work you may need again, rename it and set it aside rather than clearing it.

Deleting a chat

When a conversation is finished and you no longer need it, you can delete it to keep your list tidy.

  1. Find the chat in your conversation list.
  2. Open its options and choose to delete it.
  3. Confirm when prompted.

Deleting a conversation removes it along with its history. Files that were shared only within that chat go with it, so review the Files panel first if there's anything you'd like to keep. Because deletion is permanent, the assistant asks you to confirm before anything is removed.

A simple way to stay organized

  • Start a new chat for each distinct project or task.
  • Rename it right away so you can find it later.
  • Reopen and continue existing chats instead of mixing topics.
  • Delete finished conversations once you've saved anything worth keeping.
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