ChatGPT desktop app restores sidebar history after user pushback
History and projects are back, and Chat and Work history now sync across web, mobile, and desktop.
OpenAI updated the new ChatGPT desktop app after user feedback. Conversation history and projects are back in the sidebar, and Chat and Work history now sync across web, mobile, and desktop, though local tasks stay on the computer they were created on. Switching between Chat and Work modes is now consistent with the web and mobile apps. Codex mode is unaffected.
The updates reverse several changes made in the desktop app's redesign.

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