You can bring over your preferences, remembered facts & details, and general contextual information (sometimes called "memory") from other AI platforms. You can also choose to import your full chat history. This will allow you to continue chats that you started on another platform with Gemini Apps.
What you need
To import from another AI platform you need to:
- Be signed in with a personal Google Account. This feature isn’t available if you sign in to a work, school, or supervised Google Account. Learn how to sign in to Gemini Apps.
- Have access to another AI platform with your saved chats and memory.
- Be 18 or older.
Important: This feature is currently not available in:
- The EEA, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom.
- Gemini in Google Messages, Gemini in Chrome, or Gemini on Android XR.
Import memory
To import memory from another AI platform:
- Visit gemini.google.com.
- At the bottom left, click Settings & help
Import memory to Gemini.
- Copy the prompt provided by Gemini Apps.
- Visit the AI platform you want to export from. Paste the prompt you copied into a chat or input field.
- Copy the response from the other AI platform that contains memories about you.
- Return to Gemini Apps, paste the copied response into the designated text field, and click Add memory.
Import memory to Gemini.After your memory is imported, Gemini Apps will create a new chat thread and integrate this content to "remember" these details for future conversations. This helps Gemini Apps understand your context better, leading to more relevant and personalized responses.
Import chat history
You can import your full chat history using a file upload method.
Important: The time for this process will depend on the AI platform you download chats from and may take up to a day to complete.
- Download your chat history from the other AI platform
- For ChatGPT:
- At the bottom left, click on your username.
- Click Settings
- Next to "Export data", click Export
- For Claude:
- At the bottom left, click on your username.
- Click Settings
- Next to "Export data", click Export.
- Select the data range you want to export and then click Export.
- A download link will be sent to the email associated with your account on the other AI platform.
- For ChatGPT:
- Visit gemini.google.com.
- At the bottom left, click Settings & help
- Under “Import chats”, click Add.
- The file size limit is 5 GB.
- The supported file type is .
zip.
- Find the
.zipfile with your exported chats and select it to start the upload process.
Tip: You can upload up to 5 .zip.files per day.
View your imported chats
You can choose to delete any individual imported chats. To delete an imported chat:
- Visit https://gemini.google.com
- At the top left, select Menu
- Under “Chats”, look for chats with the imported chat icon
.
Tip: You can search your chat history to find a specific imported chat.
Delete or overwrite imported chats
You can choose to delete any individual imported chats. To delete an imported chat:
- Visit https://gemini.google.com
- At the top left, select Menu
- Under “Chats”, find the imported chat you want to delete.
- Click More
.
Tips:
- To delete all the imported conversations in an import, find the import entry and next to the entry, click Delete
zipfile will be deleted. - If you reupload a .
zipfile with your exported chats it will add any new conversations and overwrite previously imported ones.
Troubleshoot import issues
Understand partial imports
If an import is interrupted, you will be notified, and some chats might be partially imported. If this happens, delete the import entry and try to import again.
How your data is handled
Your imported and continued chats are saved in your Activity. This data is used to improve our services (including training generative AI models), and to protect Google, our users and the public. You can manage or delete your activity anytime.
All imported information will be subject to the Google Privacy Policy. To understand how Google processes your data when you interact with Gemini, visit the Gemini Apps Privacy Hub.