# My biggest issue with the new "ChatGPT with Canvas" when coding **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs\ **Tags:** chatgpt, code, gpt-4o, canvas\ **Created:** [October 25, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123 "2024-10-25T12:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![martin.fuerholz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/martin.fuerholz/32/448369_2.png) [@martin.fuerholz](https://community.openai.com/u/martin.fuerholz)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/1 "2024-10-25T12:07:43Z")
My biggest issue with the new “ChatGPT with Canvas” is that ChatGPT ignores the instruction **not** to output to Canvas in 99% of cases. This becomes problematic if you’re working on more than just a single function within a conversation because ChatGPT consistently defaults to the last opened Canvas for output when it operates within Canvas. If you discuss different methods in between, it will try to apply changes to the previous Canvas, where an entirely different method is displayed, and then becomes thoroughly confused. ---
**Author:** ![edit.skovengaard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/edit.skovengaard/32/486921_2.png) [@edit.skovengaard](https://community.openai.com/u/edit.skovengaard)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/2 "2024-10-25T22:13:16Z")
Yes its a mess… relying on reloading the chatGBT main page to select the current project. and still it does not render the canvas -or the codefile to the end. ---
**Author:** ![crododo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/crododo/32/178424_2.png) [@crododo](https://community.openai.com/u/crododo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/3 "2024-10-26T11:56:40Z")
Since canvas is the same engine as 4o what’s the point of using it at all since I couldn’t find any advantage using it in coding or text manipulation. ---
**Author:** ![pyCoder007](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/pycoder007/32/448369_2.png) [@pyCoder007](https://community.openai.com/u/pyCoder007)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/4 "2024-11-02T16:16:44Z")
I am having issues as well, and ChatGPT auto changes to canvas without me wanting to go canvas. Only way I can get the regular ChatGPT 4o is to start with the mini then when asking my prompt say Do not use canvas… but on the next prompt i might not include that so it decides to auto use canvas and with canvas it never finishes generating the full code. Also, bugs fixing or error checking is not working very well not with python code anyway. I can only use the 1o-preview not and is limited to 50 queries a week. How could I disable canvas or make at least make it stop the automatic switch to canvas? Hopefully it improves the code generating length and have the continue generating feature functional for canvas. Also to make sure that if canvas is not selected in the models, to make sure it doesn’t go to canvas automatically because the user is using ChatGPT 4o. ---
**Author:** ![tomek.gietko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/tomek.gietko/32/492349_2.png) [@tomek.gietko](https://community.openai.com/u/tomek.gietko)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/5 "2024-11-03T19:55:39Z")
yeah, Why does ChatGPT 4o automatically enable the canvas? ---
**Author:** ![vasu7yadav](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/vasu7yadav/32/492361_2.png) [@vasu7yadav](https://community.openai.com/u/vasu7yadav)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/6 "2024-11-03T20:11:16Z")
Hey, guys the only way to resolve this issue is manually write don’t open canvas at the end of every prompt ! hope this helps !! ---
**Author:** ![tomek.gietko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/tomek.gietko/32/492349_2.png) [@tomek.gietko](https://community.openai.com/u/tomek.gietko)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/7 "2024-11-03T20:43:12Z")
I do it ones at the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![archeo.mou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/archeo.mou/32/448392_2.png) [@archeo.mou](https://community.openai.com/u/archeo.mou)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/8 "2024-11-03T22:18:33Z")
I am a common user and today i have been seeing errors, the whole day! ![Screenshot 2024-11-04 at 3.01.03 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/2/e/f/2eff61d2dab7f172c10d14eb86f0a7f8132415eb.jpeg) It’s not opening Canvas and when I try to regenerate, it’s showing an error. ---
**Author:** ![WholeGrainArsenic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/wholegrainarsenic/32/492535_2.png) [@WholeGrainArsenic](https://community.openai.com/u/WholeGrainArsenic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/9 "2024-11-04T03:05:12Z")
This exact same thing has been happening to me since the 1st… I can’t seem to find a way to disable or prevent it. ---
**Author:** ![harrissidney25](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/harrissidney25/32/495713_2.png) [@harrissidney25](https://community.openai.com/u/harrissidney25)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/10 "2024-11-09T04:16:17Z")
I’m only using the free plan on ChatGPT, and the responses are generated in a file like manner. I’m assuming that’s canvas. The problem is that, on my browser on my phone and laptop, i cannot open the generated files at all! On the app, the generated responses are just loading lines, which is highly annoying. I wish there was a way to disable this feature! ---
**Author:** ![pyCoder007](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/pycoder007/32/448369_2.png) [@pyCoder007](https://community.openai.com/u/pyCoder007)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/11 "2024-11-09T15:28:26Z")
The auto canvas bug seems to be resolved somewhat. What is annoying now is the web feature, chatgpt 4o auto uses it sometimes and then you cannot switch to chatgpt o1 because it used the web feature. I haven’t tried the canvas editor as it was a bit too buggy for me to use, so i cannot comment on that if it better or not. OpenAI seem to be fixing the issues slowly. When canvas feature works as expected, it will be an excellent add-on to create apps or debug code in an interactive way. ---
**Author:** ![pyCoder007](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/pycoder007/32/448369_2.png) [@pyCoder007](https://community.openai.com/u/pyCoder007)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/12 "2024-11-09T15:30:34Z")
I’ve been getting those too for the last week at least, not very often but few times every day for sure. They blame my connection for the error! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ilan.bompuis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ilan.bompuis/32/495988_2.png) [@ilan.bompuis](https://community.openai.com/u/ilan.bompuis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/13 "2024-11-09T16:13:42Z")
The canvas is unusable with long script conversation ! it’s a pain and he don’t understand when you try to add some function, always restart all the scripting part… what a mess guys, please remove this pain… ---
**Author:** ![pyCoder007](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/pycoder007/32/448369_2.png) [@pyCoder007](https://community.openai.com/u/pyCoder007)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/14 "2024-11-09T20:18:57Z")
Few options, start with ChatGPT o1 mini (is it available in free?). If not maybe start with chatgpt 4 (not 4o) and then say something like: Hello! Then switch to chatgpt 4o (not a new chat) and start or end your prompt with: I do not want to use canvas or the web feature. Make sure you do not use canvas for code. Or something in that context, experiment with the prompt. Hopefully that helps. ---
**Author:** ![harrissidney25](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/harrissidney25/32/495713_2.png) [@harrissidney25](https://community.openai.com/u/harrissidney25)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/15 "2024-11-09T23:24:46Z")
I’ve figured it out! For those who don’t use GPT plus, you can go to settings and set a suggestion to not use canvas. Just type in “don’t use canvas to generate responses,” and it will generate responses by writing them out. And the regenerate button is back! ---
**Author:** ![pinnacle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/pinnacle/32/450583_2.png) [@pinnacle](https://community.openai.com/u/pinnacle)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/16 "2025-01-01T05:01:25Z")
I keep telling it to put in memory not to give me code in the canvas but it still does??? ---
**Author:** ![zhangwriting](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/zhangwriting/32/531914_2.png) [@zhangwriting](https://community.openai.com/u/zhangwriting)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/17 "2025-01-07T02:25:46Z")
follow this order: Settings → Personalization → Custom Instructions → Uncheck Canvas ---
**Author:** ![craig.mcleod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/craig.mcleod/32/568869_2.png) [@craig.mcleod](https://community.openai.com/u/craig.mcleod)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/18 "2025-03-24T13:35:23Z")
Pro user here, the canvas redraws and bugout are getting worse around 30% of my updates. It is not an internet issue all my other connections are working fine. This is really buggy. Wonder if they can fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_Colgan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/eugene_colgan/32/452183_2.png) [@Eugene\_Colgan](https://community.openai.com/u/Eugene_Colgan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/19 "2025-10-02T20:37:48Z")
100% correct. everything gets messed up and all your code gets messed up, then you cant turn it off! whats that about? ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_Colgan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/eugene_colgan/32/452183_2.png) [@Eugene\_Colgan](https://community.openai.com/u/Eugene_Colgan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/my-biggest-issue-with-the-new-chatgpt-with-canvas-when-coding/992123/20 "2025-10-02T20:39:46Z")
it happens on gemini too! it is infuriating! i cant get rid of it!