As far as I can see, currently it isn’t possible to search within a single conversation on the macOS app. This actually makes the app less useful than the web version of ChatGPT since it makes it harder to find specific messages in a conversation. Every time I launch a search, it only search for con…

That exact reason is why I came here today to comment. I was so excited when I saw the macOS app only to install it and learn that I cannot search even within a chat like I can in the browser with a simple Ctrl-F making the app essentially useless to me. :frowning_face: Please minimally add in-cha…

Hi, I used ChatGPT to request a formal in Chat Find Function – specifically for the Windows app. However, I imagine this could be added to the Mac based application, the iOS version, and the Android version just as easily. I am adding the information here to avoid being redundant by pasting in a …

I just wanted to create a topic about the search (without generating a new response)!

bumping this - have we gotten any comment from the open AI dev team? When I search a keyword within the “search conversations” feature, I would like to be able to jump back to exactly when that word was used. Some conversations are very long, so scrolling up by hand is difficult or impossible. edit…

Has anyone replied to this request? This is still MUCH needed because the little side bars that allow you to scroll back to certain moments in your comments to the bot isn’t enough. And very archaic.

In the current ChatGPT desktop app, use Cmd+F on Mac or Ctrl+F on Windows/Linux to find text in the open chat and move between matches. Shortcuts: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/reference/commands. To find a past conversation instead, see https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10056348. If web search s…

Allow searching within a single conversation

ChatGPT Feature requests

po24 August 18, 2026, 11:58pm 7

It’s 2026 and this feature is still missing. They’ve now broken it for the web platform. Come on OpenAI dev team. It took over 3 years to show timestamps. Hopefully, this won’t be ignored till after 2028.

Topic		Replies	Views
Feature Request: Add "Find in Chat" Functionality (Ctrl+F) to ChatGPT Desktop App Feature requests windows-app	6	1096	September 7, 2026
Search Feature in ChatGPT to Find Specific Words or Topics in Conversation History Feature requests chatgpt , research , feature-request , user-experience , chat	15	12011	July 26, 2025
Bring “Search within chat” from Android to Web and Windows Feature requests	1	64	September 8, 2026
CTRL+F for searching in the same conversation on PC's app Feature requests windows-app	1	117	June 29, 2025
Add "Search within Chats" Functionality in the Desktop Version Feature requests	0	45	October 22, 2024

Allow searching within a single conversation

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