# How do I archive or delete chats in ZeroTwo?

> Archive a chat to hide it and restore it later, or delete it for good from the sidebar or Settings. Includes how to find archived chats and delete all chats.

Source: https://help.zerotwo.ai/en/articles/8809935-how-do-i-archive-or-delete-chats-in-zerotwo
Section: ZeroTwo
Last updated: 2026-10-05

ZeroTwo gives you two ways to clear a chat out of your sidebar. Archiving hides the chat but keeps it, so you can bring it back later. Deleting removes the chat and its messages for good.

## Archive a chat

1. Hover over the chat in the sidebar and select its **Options** button. You can also open the chat and select **More options** in the top bar.
2. Choose **Archive**.

![The Options menu on a chat row in the ZeroTwo sidebar, with Archive and Delete entries](https://help.zerotwo.ai/images/zerotwo/8809935-deleting-and-archiving-chats-in-zerotwo/01-zerotwo-chat-options-menu-with-archive-and-delet.png) ![The More options menu in the top bar of an open chat, with Archive highlighted](https://help.zerotwo.ai/images/zerotwo/8809935-deleting-and-archiving-chats-in-zerotwo/02-zerotwo-chat-options-menu-with-archive-selected.png)

An "Archived chat" notice appears at the top of the window for a few seconds with **View** and **Undo** buttons. **Undo** restores the chat and opens it. **View** takes you to your archived chats.

On the web and desktop apps you can only archive chats you own. If the chat still has active work, ZeroTwo asks you to confirm with "Stop and archive chat?" because the work and its child agents stop. On iOS and Android, a chat's options menu has the same **Archive** and **Delete** entries.

Archived chats disappear from the sidebar, from the recent chats list, and from the results in the search dialog.

## Find and restore archived chats

1. Open **Settings** and go to **Data Controls**.
2. Next to **Archived chats**, select **Manage**.
3. Find the chat in the list. Each row shows the title and when it was archived.
4. Select **Restore** to return the chat to its original location.

![The Archived chats dialog in ZeroTwo with a Restore button and a delete button beside each archived chat](https://help.zerotwo.ai/images/zerotwo/8809935-deleting-and-archiving-chats-in-zerotwo/03-archived-chats-list-with-an-unarchive-conversati.png)

In the desktop app, **Manage** opens the **Archived tasks** page instead. On iOS and Android, **Archived chats** is in the Data controls settings and lists your archived chats with a **Restore** button.

## Delete a chat

1. Hover over the chat in the sidebar and select **Options**.
2. Choose **Delete**. For chats started in Work or Code mode, the same entry is named **Permanently delete**.
3. In the "Delete chat?" box, select **Delete**.

The box warns that the chat and its messages are permanently deleted and that this action cannot be undone. The top-bar menu has no delete entry, so delete from the sidebar or from the Archived chats list.

To delete a chat you already archived, open the Archived chats list, select the trash button beside it, and confirm with **Delete permanently**.

## Delete all chats at once

1. Open **Settings** and go to **Data Controls**.
2. Select **Delete all chats**, then confirm with **Yes, delete all chats**.

![The Data controls page in ZeroTwo settings with the Archived chats, Delete all chats, and Clear all data rows](https://help.zerotwo.ai/images/zerotwo/8809935-deleting-and-archiving-chats-in-zerotwo/04-zerotwo-settings-options-to-archive-all-chats-or.png)

This removes only your conversations. Your assistants, projects, files, and other data stay in place. The **Clear all data** row goes further and also removes projects, files, scheduled tasks, and integrations.

Data Controls has no setting that archives every chat at once. In Work or Code mode, if you have organized your chats into custom sidebar sections, a section's options menu has **Archive all chats**, which archives the chats in that section.

For the rest of the page, including exports and shared links, see [Manage your chats and account data in Data Controls](https://help.zerotwo.ai/en/articles/7730893-manage-your-chats-and-account-data-in-data-controls).