Archive all ChatGPT chats browser script

archive-all-chatgpt-chats.js

// This script will iterate over all of your ChatGPT sessions and archive them one-by-one.
//
// 1. Go to https://chat.openai.com/
// 2. Open Chrome devtools (see https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/open) or equivalent in your browser
// 3. Open the console tab
// 4. Paste the code below and press enter

const pause = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
const history = document.querySelector('[aria-label="Chat history"]');

while (true) {
  const chat = history.querySelector(
    'a[href^="/c/"]:not(.group), a[href^="/g/"]:not(.group)'
  );
  if (!chat) {
    console.log("No chats found");
    break;
  }
  
  chat.click();
  await pause(500);

  const menuButton = chat.parentElement.querySelector("button");
  console.log("Menu button:", menuButton);

  if (!menuButton) {
    console.error("Menu button not found");
    break;
  }

  const isVisible = !!(menuButton.offsetWidth || menuButton.offsetHeight || menuButton.getClientRects().length);
  console.log("Menu button visible:", isVisible);

  // Use pointer events to open the menu
  menuButton.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent("pointerdown", { bubbles: true }));
  menuButton.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent("pointerup", { bubbles: true }));
  await pause(1000);

  // Locate the menu and find the "Archive chat" button
  const menu = document.body.querySelector('[role="menu"]');
  if (!menu) {
    console.error("Menu did not open");
    break;
  }

  const archiveButton = [...menu.querySelectorAll('[role="menuitem"]')].find(
    (item) => /archive/i.test(item.textContent.trim())
  );

  if (!archiveButton) {
    console.error("Archive button not found");
    break;
  }

  // Click the archive button
  archiveButton.scrollIntoView();
  archiveButton.click();
  console.log("Archived chat successfully");
  await pause(1500); // Wait for the archive action to complete
}