# Feature Request for the Desktop App “Chat”

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-for-the-desktop-app-chat/1386440>\
**Category:** ChatGPT\
**Tags:** chatgpt, macos, windows-app, desktop, windows\
**Created:** [July 11, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-for-the-desktop-app-chat/1386440 "2026-07-11T11:45:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MTQ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/mtq/32/696054_2.png) [@MTQ](https://community.openai.com/u/MTQ)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-for-the-desktop-app-chat/1386440/1 "2026-07-11T11:45:12Z")

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Please consider adding a dedicated **“Chat”** mode button alongside **Work** and **Codex** in the ChatGPT Desktop App.

On my desktop app, I currently only see **Work** and **Codex** as available modes. While regular chat is still available through conversations, having **Chat** as a dedicated, first-class mode would make the interface clearer and more intuitive.

Chat is the primary way many of us use ChatGPT, and giving it equal visibility alongside Work and Codex would create a more consistent experience. A simple **Chat / Work / Codex** mode selector would make the desktop app easier to understand and navigate for both new and existing users.

Thank you for considering this suggestion.

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**Author:** ![DysTopia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/dystopia/32/711735_2.png) [@DysTopia](https://community.openai.com/u/DysTopia)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-for-the-desktop-app-chat/1386440/2 "2026-07-11T11:50:53Z")

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You can access the chats by pressing Ctrl + Alt + N or clicking on the chat UI element. This will open a new chat window that you can also undock and can check the chats that are currently not archived.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/1/c/4/1c4b0077b269f3913adfd00a5c78b1c8252e57e3.png)

Hope this helps

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**Author:** ![Shenghan\_Gao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/shenghan_gao/32/658722_2.png) [@Shenghan\_Gao](https://community.openai.com/u/Shenghan_Gao)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-for-the-desktop-app-chat/1386440/3 "2026-07-11T18:37:10Z")

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I agree. The new interface has completely disrupted my workflow. I feel like now I am forced to create a task even when we only need a basic chat. The chat pop-up in the sidebar does function, but the it has a lot of disctraction from other elements on the screen; I want chat to remain the main view.

Opening chat popup in a separate window isn’t the same either. There’s no sidebar to quickly switch conversations, and full-screen mode has no maximum width limit, so the text stretches across the entire screen and becomes hard to read.

A dedicated Chat mode resembling the legacy desktop app/web layout would be much better.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/8/7/c/87c2e81543bbb01aa9641aeef8fe14cab5e9590a.png) [@system](https://community.openai.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/feature-request-for-the-desktop-app-chat/1386440/4 "2026-07-12T11:45:28Z")

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