Private Locked Conversations in ChatGPT

ChatGPT Feature requests
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Dear OpenAI Product Team,

I would like to suggest a privacy feature that I believe would significantly improve the ChatGPT user experience.

Currently, users can secure their device or the entire ChatGPT application, but there is no way to protect specific conversations. Many people share their phones, tablets, or computers with family members, spouses, children, friends, or coworkers. While they may be comfortable sharing access to ChatGPT in general, they may not want certain conversations to be visible.

I propose adding the ability to lock individual conversations using:

• Face ID
• Touch ID / Fingerprint Authentication
• Device Passcode
• Custom ChatGPT PIN

In addition, locked conversations could optionally:

• Be hidden from the conversation list until authenticated
• Display a generic title instead of the actual conversation title
• Be stored in a dedicated “Private Conversations” folder
• Require authentication every time they are opened

This feature would provide an additional layer of privacy for users discussing:

• Personal matters
• Medical information
• Financial planning
• Business ideas and intellectual property
• Legal questions
• Family and relationship topics

As ChatGPT becomes increasingly integrated into people’s daily lives, users are sharing more personal and sensitive information than ever before. Conversation-level privacy controls would increase trust, improve security, and encourage more confident use of the platform.

I believe this feature would be valuable to millions of users worldwide.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best regards,

Soheil

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Thanks for sharing this, @sohrabsoheili.39.

This is a thoughtful suggestion and I can see why conversation-level privacy would be useful for many people. There's a big difference between allowing someone access to ChatGPT generally and wanting every conversation visible, especially when discussions involve personal, financial, medical, legal, or work-related topics.

Features like individual chat locks, biometric authentication, hidden conversations, generic titles, and a dedicated private folder would give users much more control over what they choose to keep private.

I've passed this feedback along for internal logging so the team can review it as a feature request. While there's no guarantee or timeline for implementation, detailed use cases like the ones you've outlined are exactly the kind of context that helps product teams evaluate potential improvements.

Appreciate you taking the time to write this up so clearly.

-Mark G.