How to sort ChatGPT chats by topic with Smart Tags

Step by step

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   Step 1: Find Smart Tags on the left side

   On the left side of ChatGPT is your list of chats (ChatGPT calls it the sidebar). Near the top, below My Folders (and below your pinned lists, if you pinned anything), AI Toolbox adds a panel called Smart Tags. If you moved it into the floating AI Toolbox window, it is there instead.

   Smart Tags are for whole chats. They sort your chats on their own after AI Toolbox reads your chat list. The five built-in tags are Coding, Writing, Research, Math & Science and Business.

   You should see: The Smart Tags heading with small tags under it, each with a number of chats, like Coding (4).

   
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   Step 2: Click a tag

   Click one of the tags in the panel.

   You should see: A window called Smart Tags that lists only the chats with that tag.

   
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   Step 3: Filter, search and open a chat

   At the top of the window, click All or any other tag to change the list. Type in the Search chat titles box to find a chat by name.

   Click a chat's title to open it.

   You should see: The chat opens, and the tags it has show under its title in the list.

   
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   Step 4: Add a chat to a Smart Tag yourself

   In the chat list on the left, move your mouse over a chat and click its three dots. Click Smart Tags. A window called Smart Tags opens with every tag.

   Click a tag to tick it, then click the Add button at the bottom. It shows how many tags you are adding, like Add (1). The window stays open, so you can change more. Click Close when you are done.

   Inside a chat, the same Smart Tags item is in the three-dot menu at the top right.

   You should see: The message Smart Tags saved, and the tag ticked in the window.

   
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   Step 5: Add several chats to a tag at once

   In the Smart Tags window, click a tag at the top. Under the tags, click Add chats to and the tag's name.

   Tick the chats you want, or type in the search box to find them, then click the Add button. The free plan adds up to 5 chats at a time.

   You should see: The chats you picked now show in that tag's list.

   
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   Step 6: Take a chat out of a tag

   Open the chat's Smart Tags window again (three dots, Smart Tags), click the ticked tag to untick it, and click Remove.

   This works for tags that were added on their own too. AI Toolbox remembers it, so the chat stays out of that tag.

   You should see: The message Removed from Smart Tags, and the tag no longer ticked.

   
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   Step 7: Make your own Smart Tag

   In the chat's Smart Tags window, type a name under Create a new Smart Tag, for example Clients, and click Add. Then click the button at the bottom to save.

   To have chats sorted into it on their own, click Your tags at the top of the big Smart Tags window. Pick your tag, click the pencil, type words in Keywords (optional) separated by commas, like invoice, contract, and click Save tag. With no keywords, the tag holds only the chats you add. The free plan includes 3 of your own Smart Tags.

   You should see: Your tag in the list under Your Smart Tags, with how many chats it has.

   
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   Step 8: Find chats by Smart Tag in Manage Chats

   Smart Tags also show next to each chat in Manage Chats. Open it from the round AI Toolbox button in the bottom-right corner.

   Click a tag in the Filter by Smart Tag row under the search box to see only the chats with that tag. To tag many chats, tick them and click Smart Tags at the bottom.

   You should see: The list shows only chats with the tag you clicked.

   

That's it. You have finished every tutorial in this section.

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