Which tool to choose
It applies to all assistants, because the three levels — conversation, history, memory — exist everywhere, with similar names. You don't need a particular tool: you need to know which of the three you're trying to clear, because opening a new chat, deleting the history, and emptying the memory are three different actions that solve different problems.
How it's done
- To get out of a confused or saturated conversation: simply open a new chat. The old one's context doesn't follow it.
- For a request that must leave no trace: use temporary chat, which doesn't go into the history and doesn't feed the memory.
- To remove what the AI remembers about you from one chat to the next: go into the memory settings and delete the notes, individually or all of them.
- If you want a deep reset, also empty the conversation history.
A concrete example
Anna had used the AI for a project that was now closed, and in the weeks after, every new chat kept presupposing that work: it proposed things tied to a client she no longer worked with. Opening new chats wasn't enough, because the problem wasn't the conversation's context but the long-term memory. She went into the memory settings, found the notes about that project, and deleted them. From that moment the chats truly started over clean. She had gotten the level wrong: she was opening new conversations when the residue was in the memory.
When it does NOT work (and how to fix it)
If the new chat still "knows" things about you
It means the residue isn't in the conversation's context but in the long-term memory, which is separate and survives the individual chats. The fix is to go into the memory settings and delete those notes: opening new conversations doesn't touch them.
If you delete the chat but the AI keeps remembering
Deleting a conversation from the history doesn't delete the memory: they're two different things. What the AI has noted about you remains until you remove it in the memory section. To truly clean up, both operations are needed.
If you want to wipe everything
For a total reset, combine the three levels: turn off or empty the memory, delete the history, and for new things use temporary chats. Only by doing all three steps does no residue remain.
A tip from someone who actually uses it
Keep in mind the map of the three levels: the conversation (the single chat), the history (the list of past chats), the memory (the persistent notes about you). Most of the time, to "start over clean," a new chat is enough: it's the fastest reset and the one you need in ninety percent of cases. Keep the deep memory reset for when you really want the AI to forget something about you, not as an everyday gesture.
Frequently asked questions
Is the new chat really clean?
Yes as far as the conversation's context goes: it carries nothing of the previous chat. But if you have long-term memory active, that remains and keeps influencing the answers. "Clean" applies to the conversation, not automatically to what the AI knows about you.
How do I delete what the AI knows about me?
In the settings, in the memory or personalization section: there you find the notes and delete them, one by one or in bulk. It's a different action from deleting the chats, and the only one that truly removes the profile the AI has built about you.
Does temporary chat reset the memory?
No: it simply doesn't use it and doesn't create any. During a temporary chat the AI doesn't draw on the notes about you and doesn't add new ones, but the existing ones stay there, intact, for normal chats. It's a way of working "outside the memory," not of deleting it.
Does opening a new chat delete everything the AI knows about me?
No, and it's the misconception that leaves more residue around than expected. A new chat clears the conversation's context, not the persistent memory: the notes the AI has about you survive and resurface in the next conversation. To delete what it knows about you, you have to act on the memory, separately. Conversation and memory are two distinct planes: cleaning one doesn't clean the other.