# How do I archive and delete Code chats in ZeroTwo?

> Archive a Code or Work chat from the sidebar, then restore it or delete it for good from Archived tasks in the desktop app or Archived chats on the web.

Source: https://help.zerotwo.ai/en/articles/20001333-how-do-i-archive-and-delete-code-chats-in-zerotwo
Section: Code
Last updated: 2026-10-07

Archiving a Code or Work chat takes it out of your sidebar and keeps it, so you can bring it back. Deleting removes it for good. Where you manage archived chats depends on the app: the desktop app has an **Archived tasks** page, and the web app has an **Archived chats** list. For ordinary chats, see [How do I archive or delete chats in ZeroTwo?](https://help.zerotwo.ai/en/articles/8809935-how-do-i-archive-or-delete-chats-in-zerotwo)

## Archive a chat

1. Hover over the chat in the sidebar, select **Options** and choose **Archive**. You can also open the chat, select **More options** in the top bar and choose **Archive**.
2. An "Archived chat" notice appears with **View** and **Undo** buttons. **Undo** restores the chat. **View** opens your archived chats.

You can only archive chats you own. If the chat still has active work, ZeroTwo asks "Stop and archive chat?". Active work and its child agents stop, and queued work stays paused, including after you restore the chat. Choose **Stop and archive** to continue.

## Archived tasks in the desktop app

In the desktop app, archiving a chat saves it as a local archive on your computer and then removes the chat from your account, so it no longer appears in the web app. To see your archives, open **Settings** and choose **Archived tasks**, or open **Data Controls** and select **Manage** beside **Archived chats**.

The page lists two kinds of archived tasks. **Local** tasks were archived in this app and are stored on this computer. **Cloud** tasks are archived chats stored in your account, marked with a cloud icon, for example ones you archived on the web. Use the controls above the list to narrow it:

- Type in the **Search archived tasks** box.
- Choose **All tasks**, **Local** or **Cloud**, and sort by **Updated**, **Created** or **Alphabetical**.
- Choose a project, or **All projects**.

With **All projects** selected, tasks are grouped by project or folder, and tasks created by a schedule are grouped as **Scheduled tasks**. Select **Unarchive** beside a task to bring it back. ZeroTwo confirms with "Task restored" and a **View now** button. If the task's project no longer exists, it says "Task restored without its project".

## Delete archived tasks for good

On the **Archived tasks** page, only local archives can be deleted.

1. Select the trash button beside a local task.
2. In the "Delete archived task?" box, which says the task will be permanently deleted and that this cannot be undone, select **Delete**. ZeroTwo shows "Archived task deleted".

![A row on the Archived tasks page showing a task title, its archive date, a trash button and the Unarchive button](https://help.zerotwo.ai/images/zerotwo/20001333-how-to-archive-and-delete-zerotwo-chats-in-the-zerotwo-app/02-delete-archived-chat.png)

To delete every local archive in one project or folder, select the **...** menu on its heading and choose **Delete local archives**. To delete all of them, select **Delete all** at the top of the page. It appears only while you have local archives, and its box reads "Delete all local archived tasks?".

![The confirmation box asking Delete all local archived tasks? before it permanently deletes every local archive](https://help.zerotwo.ai/images/zerotwo/20001333-how-to-archive-and-delete-zerotwo-chats-in-the-zerotwo-app/03-delete-all-archived-local-chats.png)

These deletions do not touch cloud archives. A cloud task has no trash button on this page. To delete one, unarchive it and delete it from the sidebar, or delete it from the **Archived chats** list in the web app.

## Archived chats on the web

1. Open **Settings** > **Data Controls**.
2. Next to **Archived chats**, select **Manage**. The **Archived chats** dialog opens.
3. Select **Restore** to return a chat to its original location, or select the trash button and choose **Delete permanently** in the "Permanently delete this chat?" box.

## Delete a chat without archiving it

In the sidebar, select **Options** on a Work or Code chat and choose **Permanently delete**. In the "Delete chat?" box, select **Delete**. The box says the chat and its messages will be permanently deleted and that this action cannot be undone.