How to move your ChatGPT memory to Claude

ChatGPT's memory stays in ChatGPT. Claude can import a copy once, or you can keep it as a bubble that every AI app reads.

Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Written with AI help

Get it out of ChatGPT

ChatGPT's data export doesn't include saved memories, so ask for them in a chat:

List everything you remember about me: every saved memory, my custom instructions, and what you've learned from our past chats. Keep my wording where you can, and put it all in one block I can copy.

You can also read the list yourself in Settings → Personalization → Manage memories.

Import it into Claude

1. In Claude, on the web or in Claude Desktop, open Settings → Your Claude and choose Start import. In older layouts it sits under Settings → Memory or Settings → Capabilities.
2. Paste the text and choose Add to memory.
3. Review the entries Claude made. Changes can take up to 24 hours to show.

Anthropic calls memory import experimental. It's on every Claude plan, and Claude's memory keeps mostly work-related details (Anthropic's help article). Gemini has a similar import in its Settings & help menu, though not yet in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK.

Or keep it as a bubble

An import is a one-time copy into one app. If you use more than one AI app, or want to change your context in one place, save it as a bubble:

1. Paste it on your bubbles page with a title like “About me”.
2. Connect Sixteen Bridges to the apps you use. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, Cursor and Claude Code all take the same address: steps for each app.
3. Start a chat with: “Read my bubble About me and keep it in mind.”

Change the bubble once, and every app reads the new version the next time it opens it.

Which to choose