Claude can now import your ChatGPT memories: Here's how to do it

Switching AI assistants usually means rebuilding everything from scratch—your preferences, your tone instructions, your context. Anthropic just removed that friction. Claude can now import your memory directly from ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Copilot, or any other AI service, and the feature works on free accounts too.

The timing makes sense. Claude recently topped Apple's App Store free charts, and a growing "#QuitGPT" wave has been nudging users toward alternatives. Anthropic's response: make the switch as painless as possible.

First, extract your memories from ChatGPT or any other AI chatbot you're using

Open a chat with ChatGPT (or whichever service you're leaving) and paste in this prompt: "I'm moving to another service and need to export my data. List every memory you have stored about me, as well as any context you've learned about me from past conversations.

Output everything in a single code block so I can easily copy it."You'll get a structured dump—your name, job, writing style preferences, ongoing projects, tools you use, and anything else the AI picked up over time. Don't import it blindly. Paste it into a text editor first and delete anything outdated or irrelevant. Old instructions have a way of following you somewhere you didn't want them.

Then, bring it into Claude in two clicks

Go to Claude's Settings → Privacy → Memory preferences → Start import. A text box will appear—paste your edited export and hit Add to Memory.

Claude processes the text and stores each item as an individual memory edit, which you can review or delete anytime under the same settings page.No settings menu? Just paste the export directly into a Claude chat as a prompt. That works too.Start a new conversation afterward and ask Claude what it knows about you. Everything you imported should show up. If you ever want to undo it, head back to Memory settings and delete entries individually—or tell Claude outright to forget everything, and it will.