Chat History
Every conversation you send is saved automatically. You never have to press "save" — you can close Arketic, come back later, and pick up exactly where you left off.
This page shows you where your past conversations live, how to find a specific one, and what to expect when you reopen it.
Where Your Conversations Live
There are two places to reach past chats:
| Place | Best for |
|---|---|
| Recent list in the sidebar | Jumping back into something you worked on today or this week |
| All Chats page | Browsing your full history or searching for a specific conversation |
Recent (Sidebar)
Your most recent conversations — up to 20 — are listed in the sidebar under Recent, newest first.
- Click any row to reopen that conversation.
- The conversation you are currently in is highlighted.
- Each row shows the conversation's name. A conversation without a name is shown by the beginning of your first message — see How Conversations Get Their Names.
- If you have never chatted before, the sidebar shows No conversations yet.
At the bottom of the list there is an All Chats link that takes you to your full history. Clicking Recent itself opens the same page.
Above the list, the New Chat button starts a fresh conversation at any time.
The sidebar only keeps your latest conversations within easy reach. If something is not there anymore, it is not gone — open All Chats and look for it there.
New Chat and Recent are shown only if your role allows chatting. People with the Restricted role do not see them by default.
The All Chats Page
The All Chats page is titled All Chats, with the subtitle "Browse and search your conversations". It lists your personal conversations so you can browse or search them. Conversations that belong to a project are found in that project instead.
What each row shows
| Element | What it means |
|---|---|
| Chat bubble icon | Marks the row as a conversation |
| Name | The conversation's name, or the beginning of your first message if it has no name |
| Time | The time of day the conversation was last active, for example 14:32. Hover it to see the full date and time |
Day headings
Rows are grouped by the day the conversation was last active, newest first. The heading above each group tells you the day:
| Heading | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Today | Last active today |
| Yesterday | Last active yesterday |
| A weekday (for example Monday) | Last active within the past week |
| A weekday and date (for example Monday, March 3) | Earlier this year |
| A full date (for example March 5, 2025) | A previous year |
Moving through pages
Conversations are shown 20 at a time. Underneath the list you get numbered page buttons plus arrows to step to the previous or next page. Search results are split into pages the same way.
Finding a Past Conversation
- Open All Chats from the sidebar.
- Click the box at the top labelled "Search all conversations".
- Start typing a word you remember.
- The list updates a moment after you stop typing. Click the conversation you want to open it.
The search always looks across all of your conversations — not just the page in front of you — so you do not have to click through pages to find an old chat. Results keep the same day headings.
What the search matches:
| It looks at | Details |
|---|---|
| The conversation's name | Any part of the name |
| The first message you sent in the conversation | The whole message, even the part that is cut off in the list |
Capital letters and Turkish characters do not matter — sirket also finds şirket. The search does not look inside later messages or inside the assistant's answers.
If nothing matches, the page shows No conversations match "…" with the text you typed, and a Clear search button that empties the box and brings the full list back. If you have no conversations at all, it shows No conversations yet.
Cannot remember the name? Search for a distinctive word from the first thing you asked in that conversation.
If you have a very large number of conversations, a notice appears above the list: "You have more conversations than this search can scan at once, so older ones may be missing from these results." Your older conversations still exist — they are just outside what one search covers.
How Conversations Get Their Names
You do not name a conversation yourself. Arketic takes the name from the beginning of your first message, so a clear opening line gives you a name you will recognise later. Longer first messages are shortened.
The same rule is used in the Recent list, on the All Chats page and in the header of an open conversation:
| Situation | What you see |
|---|---|
| The conversation has a name | The name |
| It has no name yet | The beginning of your first message — up to 80 characters, followed by … if it was cut |
| It has no name and no message | New conversation |
Open with a specific first line — "Quarterly budget summary for the marketing team" — rather than "hi". Months later, that line is what you will be scanning for, and it is also what the search looks at.
There is currently no option to rename or delete a conversation from the Recent list or the All Chats page. The name comes from your first message, and conversations stay in your history.
When a Conversation Is Saved
A conversation is created the moment you send your first message — not when you open the chat screen.
That means:
- If you open a new chat, type something, and never send it, nothing is stored.
- A new chat that you leave empty does not clutter your history — a conversation appears in Recent and All Chats only once it has a message in it.
Continuing a Conversation
Open any past conversation and simply keep typing.
- The full message history loads — scroll up to reread older messages.
- The AI still has the context of that conversation, so you can refer back to earlier points without repeating yourself.
- Files you attached earlier are still part of the conversation and can be referenced in follow-up questions. They are shown on the messages they were sent with.
- Sources shown under previous answers are still there.
- At the top of the screen you see the assistant's name, with the conversation's name underneath it.
If a conversation takes a while to open, you see "Still loading this conversation…", and after a longer wait "This is taking longer than usual." with a Try Again button. You can already type while it loads, but wait until it has opened before you send.
In a long-running conversation you may see a short notice that older messages were summarised. Nothing is lost from your view — you can still scroll up and read everything. It simply keeps long chats responsive.
Related: Starting a Chat · Attachments
Privacy
- Your personal conversations are private to you. They are not part of anyone else's chat list.
- The exception is Project conversations. A chat that belongs to a project is shared with the members of that project by design, so the team can follow the same thread.
See Projects Overview to understand which chats are shared.
Tips
| Tip | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Start with a descriptive first message | It names the conversation, and it is what the search looks at |
| Keep one topic per conversation | Easier to find later, and the AI stays focused on that context |
| Use Projects for ongoing team work | The thread and its context stay with the project instead of your personal history |
| Don't worry about saving | Everything is stored the moment you hit send |
Related Pages
- Starting a Chat — greeting screen, assistants, and sending your first message
- Attachments — files you add to a conversation
- Artifacts & Documents — documents produced inside a chat
- Tips & Best Practices — getting better answers