ChatGPT Locked Chats arrives, with a PIN-reset data-loss warning
11/07/2026 — 11/07, 20:16·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- OpenAI launched ChatGPT Locked Chats on October 20, letting users hide individual conversations from history, pins and search behind a 4-dig…
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OpenAI launched ChatGPT Locked Chats on October 20. According to a DEV Community post published on November 7, the feature lets users hide most individual conversations behind a 4-digit PIN or, on a phone, Face ID or Touch ID. A locked conversation disappears from regular history, pinned chats, and search, and can be opened only after authentication.
The same article calls attention to a note on OpenAI's help page that users rarely notice: resetting a forgotten PIN permanently deletes every locked conversation, and OpenAI Support cannot recover them. With only this single report available so far, the launch on October 20 stands as the whole known timeline, and no further developments have been reported since.
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OpenAI shipped ChatGPT Locked Chats on October 20, letting users hide most individual conversations behind a 4-digit PIN or Face ID / Touch ID so they disappear from history, pinned chats and search until authenticated. A DEV Community guide flags a warning buried in OpenAI's help page: resetting a forgotten PIN permanently deletes every locked chat, and support cannot recover them.
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