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conversations.jsontosearchable archive
Search your whole ChatGPT history
Drop the .zip from Settings, Data controls, Export data and search across every conversation at once.
Drop your chat export hereChoose your chat export
.zip, .txt or .json · read on this device, never uploaded
Short answer
How do I search my ChatGPT history?
To search your ChatGPT history, copy the chat's share link, or download your data export from ChatGPT settings, then drop the file on chatview. Every conversation opens in your browser with full-text search across all of them, and you can save any chat as a PDF, Word document or Markdown file for free.
01/What you get
A real document, not a screenshot.
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Full-text search across all chats
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Follows edits and regenerations correctly
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Export any chat to PDF or Markdown
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Read on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
02/Step one
How do I export a chat from ChatGPT?
Most people get stuck at this step, so here is exactly where the export option is.
Export from ChatGPT
- 1Open the conversation in ChatGPT.
- 2Click Share at the top and create a link.
- 3Copy the link and paste it into the box above.
A share link, or conversations.json from your data export.
03/Questions
ChatGPT export viewer: good to know.
Where do I get the export?
In ChatGPT open Settings, Data controls, Export data. OpenAI emails you a .zip that contains conversations.json.
Is my chat uploaded anywhere?
No. The file is opened and read inside your browser tab. Nothing from the chat is sent to our servers when you view, search or export it. If you buy, the payment goes to Stripe and still no chat content leaves your device.
Related tools
Other things you can do with this chat.
- ChatGPT to PDFPaste a share link and get a clean, readable PDF with headings, tables and code blocks intact.
- Claude export viewerDrop the .zip from Claude's data export and find any conversation in seconds.
- ChatGPT to MarkdownClean Markdown with code fences and tables, ready for Obsidian, Notion or a repo.