# VS Code Codex Local Tasks Archive: Where is it?

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/vs-code-codex-local-tasks-archive-where-is-it/1360833>\
**Category:** Codex\
**Tags:** codex, vscode\
**Created:** [October 2, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/vs-code-codex-local-tasks-archive-where-is-it/1360833 "2025-10-02T13:47:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![bart-schrijnen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bart-schrijnen](https://community.openai.com/u/bart-schrijnen)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/vs-code-codex-local-tasks-archive-where-is-it/1360833/1 "2025-10-02T13:47:28Z")

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Does anyone know where **archived local Codex tasks** can be found in VS Code? When a locally ran Codex task is done, and I click the archive button, the task disappears.

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**Author:** ![diego4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@diego4](https://community.openai.com/u/diego4)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/vs-code-codex-local-tasks-archive-where-is-it/1360833/2 "2025-10-17T16:53:35Z")

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~/.codex/archived\_sessions

if you want to restore, move them into  
~/.codex/sessions/YEAR/MONTH/DAY  
e.g. ~/.codex/sessions/2025/10/11

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**Author:** ![thomashuynh795](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/thomashuynh795/32/451144_2.png) [@thomashuynh795](https://community.openai.com/u/thomashuynh795)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/vs-code-codex-local-tasks-archive-where-is-it/1360833/4 "2025-11-15T01:12:52Z")

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I’m on Windows 11, and my archived chats are in my `~/.codex/archived_sessions` folder.

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**Author:** ![ollie266](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ollie266/32/147622_2.png) [@ollie266](https://community.openai.com/u/ollie266)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/vs-code-codex-local-tasks-archive-where-is-it/1360833/5 "2026-01-20T14:12:42Z")

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> [@diego4](#):
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> ~/.codex/archived\_sessions

Thanks for this, this was super useful knowing this!

Does anyone know if I can access and view (like you can before you archive a chat) archived chats, I am using Visual Studio Codex extension;

When I archive a chat it says:

”You can view archived chats in Data Controls in settings” - with data controls as a link to Data Controls.

However, I cannot find a Data Controls option in settings via navigating (after the toast message disappears), and if I click the link ‘data controls’ in the toast message, it take me to a screen called Data Controls but the ‘Open’ button is greyed out for me and I cannot click on the open button. Side note, I also get stuck on the Data Controls page, I cannot navigate out of the screen, I have to close VSCode and start again.

Ultimately am I doing something wrong, or is the option broken in some way?

Thanks!