StudioChatGPT adds PIN-locked private chats, but resetting a forgotten PIN erases them for good
Original title: ChatGPT now lets you lock private chats with a PIN—but forgetting it could erase them for good
OpenAI is rolling out locked chats for ChatGPT, letting users hide selected conversations under Projects > Locked chats behind a four-digit PIN or Face ID/Touch ID on supported mobile devices. Resetting a forgotten PIN permanently deletes all locked chats, their exclusive memories, and protected files, with no recovery by support or admins. The feature adds no end-to-end encryption and doesn't change data retention or model-improvement settings; locked chats in Enterprise and Edu remain in Compliance Platform logs. Temporary chats, group chats, and Codex conversations can't be locked, and new messages in locked chats feed memory only for other locked chats.
The article details what locked chats actually protect and the cost of forgetting the PIN, helping readers judge whether it suits storing sensitive conversations.
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