Restore the full Canvas experience and add Project duplication

ChatGPT Feature requests
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I would like to suggest two features that I believe would make ChatGPT much more useful for people who work on complex, long-term projects.

  1. Restore the full Canvas experience as a separate editable workspace.

The previous Canvas feature was extremely useful because it allowed users to work on a real document beside the chat. Writing blocks are helpful, but they are not an equivalent replacement.

For long-form writing, books, chapters, scripts, professional documents, educational materials, clinical materials, and large creative projects, having a separate editable document was much clearer, more precise, and more productive.

For many users, ChatGPT is not only a chatbot. It becomes a real workspace. In this kind of workflow, Canvas is essential because it separates the conversation from the document being developed.

  1. Add the ability to duplicate an entire Project.

It would be very useful to have the option to copy or duplicate a whole Project, including chats, files, instructions, and structure.

This would allow users to create backups, alternative versions, experimental branches, or parallel developments without losing the original organization.

This feature would be especially valuable for people working on books, research projects, creative worlds, professional materials, educational content, or any long-term structured work.

In my opinion, restoring the full Canvas experience and adding Project duplication would make ChatGPT much stronger as a serious workspace, not only as a conversational assistant.

2

I agree with this. Having the ability to see the canvas document (via the button at the top right that is now gone), was incredibly helpful for organizing my thoughts and being able to quickly retrieve/review important information that I kept in that specific chat. Now I must scroll through the entire conversation to find this information, even if it is kept in a ‘block’ or whatever term is used.

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Thanks for sharing this, @CarmenMolinari. The request for both a dedicated Canvas workspace and Project duplication makes a lot of sense for anyone managing long-term, structured work.

Also appreciate the additional context from @InnocentStar. Being able to quickly access and review content in a separate canvas view was clearly an important part of many users' workflows, and scrolling through long chats isn't always a great substitute.

We've forwarded this feedback to the team for logging. Examples like these help highlight how people use ChatGPT as a workspace, not just a conversation tool.

-Mark G.