# Manage your chats and account data in Data Controls

> Use Settings > Data Controls to export your data, archive or delete chats, remove shared links and delete your ZeroTwo account.

Source: https://help.zerotwo.ai/en/articles/7730893-manage-your-chats-and-account-data-in-data-controls
Section: ZeroTwo > Data Controls
Last updated: 2026-10-05

Data Controls is the page in Settings where you manage the data ZeroTwo stores for you. From there you can download a copy of your chats, restore or delete archived chats, delete your conversations or everything in your account, remove shared links, and delete your account.

## Open Data Controls

1. Select your name at the bottom of the sidebar to open the account menu.
2. Choose **Settings**.
3. Open the **Data Controls** tab. The page heading reads "Data controls".

On the web, Settings opens as a dialog over your chat. In the desktop app, Settings opens as a full page.

## What each row does

| Row | Button | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Export data | Export | Downloads a copy of your data. After an export, the row shows the date of your last one. |
| Archived chats | Manage | Restore archived conversations or delete them permanently. |
| Delete all chats | Delete all chats | Permanently deletes all conversations, meaning threads and messages only. |
| Clear all data | Clear all data | Permanently deletes all your data: chats, assistants, projects, files and more. |
| Shared Links | Manage | Lists the chats, posts, images and files you have shared, so you can delete their links. |
| Delete account | Sign out and Delete account | Signs you out, or permanently deletes your account and all of its data. |

## Export your data

Choose **Export** to save your chats as a JSON file you can keep or move elsewhere. The steps, the file name and what the file contains are in [How to export your ZeroTwo chats](https://help.zerotwo.ai/en/articles/7260999-how-to-export-your-zerotwo-chats).

## Archive a chat, then restore or delete it

Archiving takes a chat out of your chat list without deleting it. Open the menu on a chat's row in the sidebar and choose **Archive**.

To work with archived chats, choose **Manage** on the Archived chats row. The list shows each chat's title and the date you archived it, with two actions:

- **Restore** puts the chat back in its original location.
- The trash button asks "Permanently delete this chat?" and, once you confirm with **Delete permanently**, removes the chat and all of its messages. This cannot be undone.

In the desktop app, **Manage** opens the Archived tasks page in Settings instead of a dialog.

## Delete all chats, or clear all data

The two red buttons differ in how much they remove, and both ask you to confirm first.

- **Delete all chats** opens "Delete all chats?" The dialog says it deletes only your conversations and that your assistants, projects, files and other data stay intact. Confirm with **Yes, delete all chats**.
- **Clear all data** opens "Clear all data?" with a warning that it deletes everything, including chats, assistants, projects, files, scheduled tasks, MCP integrations and research, and that it cannot be undone. Confirm with **Yes, clear all data**.

When either one finishes, ZeroTwo shows a message with the counts it deleted and opens a new chat. For Delete all chats that is the number of threads and messages; for Clear all data it also lists projects, scheduled tasks and integrations. Neither button deletes your account; to remove the account itself, use **Delete account**.

## Manage shared links

Choose **Manage** on the Shared Links row to open the Shared links dialog. It lists everything you have shared with a link, with each item's name, its type (Chat, Image, File or Post) and the date it was shared. Selecting a name opens the shared page in a new tab.

- Use the trash button on a row to delete that one link.
- Use **Delete all shared links** to remove every link at once. You confirm in a dialog titled "Delete all shared links?"

Anyone with a shared link can view what it points to. Deleting the link stops others from viewing it, and your original chat, image or file is not deleted.

## Delete your account

The Delete account row removes your account along with its data, and it cannot be undone. Read [How do I delete my ZeroTwo account?](https://help.zerotwo.ai/en/articles/6378407-how-do-i-delete-my-zerotwo-account) first, because deleting also ends a subscription billed through ZeroTwo.

## ZeroTwo for iOS and Android

The iOS and Android apps have a Data controls screen with the same six items: Export data, Archived chats, Delete all chats, Clear all data, Shared links and Delete account.