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The ChatGPT desktop app caches conversation data locally; earlier versions stored it in cleartext.
Where it lives
- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/com.openai.chatdir - macOS
~/Library/Containers/com.openai.chat/Data/Library/Application Supportdir
What you can do
- Keep the app up to date (a 2024 fix moved this into the sandbox container).
- Sign out to clear locally cached conversations.
Source: arxiv.org
This describes where ChatGPT Desktop stores data. Metadata only, never your content. Confidence: likely. Spot a mistake? Tell us.