A user asks OpenAI to let people delete ChatGPT Work sessions

What the post asks for

A user on community.openai.com has posted a feature request about ChatGPT's Desktop app. In the app, a Work session can be archived, meaning moved out of the way, but it cannot be deleted. The poster wants a delete button added.

The reasoning is simple. Regular chats in ChatGPT can already be deleted, so the poster argues Work sessions should follow the same rule. They say that would make the product feel more consistent.

Archiving is not the same as deleting

Archiving moves a session out of your main view but, as the poster frames it, still keeps it. That makes sense when a conversation has lasting value. It makes little sense when there is no reason to hold on to it.

The poster's stated goal is a tidier interface, and a growing pile of archived sessions does not achieve that. The complaint is about an inconsistency inside one app: two kinds of conversation, two sets of rules.

The post does not mention privacy. That angle is our reading, not the poster's claim.

A small request with a useful lesson

This is one person's request, not an announcement. The post shows no reply from OpenAI, so whether the button gets built is still open. All that is confirmed is that the request exists.

The post speaks only about the Desktop app, so we cannot say how other versions of ChatGPT behave.

Still, the gap points to a habit worth having. If you use any AI tool for client or sensitive material, learn how to remove that material before you need to. Find out whether the tool offers real deletion or only hides things from view.