Delete All Chats

[crimsonleaf363]

Feature request

The "Delete All Chats" feature would allow users to quickly remove their current chats. The user should also see a pop-up confirmation prompt to limit accidental actions. This would simplify chat management to save time.

Motivation

I spend a few minutes managing my chats after I open the app. Right now, I have to individually delete chats that I know I no longer need.

Your contribution

No.

[brankoradovanovic-mcom]

Deleting multiple chats is annoying because e.g. if you have multiple chats, each using a different model, then selecting a chat (which you need to do in order to delete it) also loads the model, so deleting 10 chats may take more than a minute (#1660).

Also: if you're impatient and delete the chat while the model is still loading, the chat will freeze.

[kalle07]

at least... where i can delete the chats ? if i delete only the "gpt4all-***.chat" files in model folder there apear after restart ...

[kalle07]

#1660 https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/issues/1660

that is old stuff ^^

[brankoradovanovic-mcom]

#1660 #1660

that is old stuff ^^

Indeed it is, this is resolved in 2.6.2 and switching between chats is much faster now. This does not necessarily obviate the need for the "Delete All Chats" option, but I'm personally pleased with how things work now. :)

[tilkinsc]

These references basically say, models are not loaded by default. So you should now have an easier time deleting your chats as you go.

[manyoso]

Closing this one in favor of https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/issues/2104 which has a proposed UI at least