How to See and Delete ChatGPT Shared Links
To see your ChatGPT shared links, open Settings, select Data controls, then choose Manage next to Shared links. Find the conversation or scheduled task and delete the specific link you no longer want people to open. Your original chat stays in your account when you remove its link. A separate conversation or task someone already saved can remain in their account.
If you sent a link by mistake, remove it before looking through the rest of your list. If you still have the original URL, open it in a signed-out private browser window to check a personal-account link. For a workspace link, use an eligible workspace account to check whether it still opens. A signed-out test alone tells you very little about a link that required workspace membership from the start.
How to find your ChatGPT shared links
Start on the ChatGPT website in the account you used to create the link. If you switch between a personal account and a work workspace, check which one is active before you open Settings. A link you made while writing in your personal workspace may not be where you expect if you are looking through your work account.
Open your profile menu in ChatGPT and choose Settings.
Select Data controls.
Find Shared links and select Manage.
Look for the conversation or task title in the list.
The list can contain both conversation links and links to scheduled tasks. A conversation title may be generic, especially when it was generated before you finished the discussion. If two entries have similar names, use the original message where you sent the URL and any details available in ChatGPT to work out which link you meant to remove. Open a suspected link only on the official ChatGPT domain and keep the preview out of shared screenshots or screen recordings.
If you cannot find the setting in a mobile app, try the signed-in web version. When a link is missing from the list, start by checking the account and workspace. Searching the chat sidebar can help you find the original conversation, but it is the Shared links manager that shows the links you can revoke.
How to delete one shared link and keep the original chat
In the Shared links manager, select Delete shared link for the entry you want to remove. Follow any confirmation shown. Then check that the entry is gone and that the original conversation still opens in your chat history if you intend to keep it. If you used the chat as a record of decisions or a reusable set of instructions, this is the quickest way to cut off access through the old URL while keeping your own record.
Suppose you shared a conversation that contained a draft event schedule, then noticed an organiser’s private contact details further up the exchange. Remove the old link first. If you still want to send the schedule, copy the relevant text into a clean document or start a new conversation containing only the material you intend to share. Review that new version before sending it. Updating the original link can keep the same URL, so that option makes sense only if you are happy for people who already have the address to keep using it.
If you shared a scheduled task, take care to distinguish the share link from the scheduled task itself. Removing the link leaves your original task in place. If a recipient already scheduled their own copy, deleting the link does not cancel their schedule. Their copy uses their account and its permissions.
How to remove all shared links
Open the Shared links manager, select More actions and choose Delete all shared links. Because the list can include chats and scheduled tasks, review it first if you still rely on any links in a team document, course notes or an email. A quick audit can save time replacing links that people still need.
If you want a clean break with one specific group of recipients, deleting only the affected links is easier to verify. For example, after a project ends, start with the links you posted in that project’s shared documents. Use the bulk option when your aim is to clear the full list. Old messages and documents may still show the URLs after deletion, so remove or replace references in any materials you control.
Who can open a ChatGPT shared link?
Treat a link created from a personal account as forwardable. Anyone who obtains the link can view the shared content. A private message to one person limits who you send it to initially, but that person can pass the address on. Personal links have no configurable expiry date. If you share something for a short-term purpose, remember to remove the link when access is no longer needed.
OpenAI describes a different rule for managed workspaces such as Business, Enterprise and Edu. Eligible members of the originating workspace can open its links, subject to the workspace’s permissions. A workspace conversation link can also show messages added later. Check the sharing notice before continuing a workspace conversation that colleagues can already open.
For personal-account conversations, a share is a snapshot at the time you create or update it. Later messages do not appear automatically. Sharing an individual response, where the option is available, can limit what appears. Review the full preview regardless of which Share control you used. Depending on the sharing experience, the shared view can contain conversation history, supported images or uploaded files. Pay particular attention to earlier prompts and attachments because they are easy to overlook when the answer you want is near the bottom.
What deleting a shared link actually does
Deleting a link stops future access through that URL. Anyone who previously took a screenshot, copied the text or continued the shared conversation into their own ChatGPT account can still have their copy. There is no step in the Shared links manager that erases those copies. If the intended recipient already has one and you need it removed, ask them to delete what they saved.
Deleting the original conversation also removes its conversation link. If your only aim is to stop sharing, delete the link by itself so you keep the chat. Locking a conversation is a different action. OpenAI says a previously shared version can still be available after a chat is locked, so use the link manager to stop access through the URL.
A scheduled task linked to a conversation has its own sharing behaviour. Deleting the conversation can pause the associated task while leaving its task share link available. If you shared both the conversation and the task, check for both entries. Conversation links start with chatgpt.com/share/ and shared task links start with chatgpt.com/s/.
How to check that revoking a link worked
Use the exact URL you originally sent. For a personal-account link, open it in a fresh private window while signed out of ChatGPT. Check whether the shared content still opens, rather than judging by the page title alone. A preview card in an old message can still show a title even if clicking through no longer displays the chat. If you see content, confirm you copied the right URL and deleted the matching entry in the right account.
For a managed-workspace link, the useful test is whether an eligible member of that workspace can still open the exact URL. A colleague outside the workspace would already have been blocked. If the content was sensitive, check access using an eligible account you control or follow your organisation’s process for verifying access. Checking the link confirms the result for access through that address. It cannot tell you whether someone kept a copy earlier.
Before sharing another ChatGPT conversation
Decide whether the recipient needs the whole exchange or just its outcome. For a short answer or checklist, a clean excerpt is often easier to review. For a longer discussion that benefits from its context, read the sharing preview from top to bottom. Look for names, addresses, document titles, account details and information about other people. If the preview contains an attachment, check its contents as well as its filename.
If your goal is to save a record for yourself, use the account’s export option or copy the material into a file you control. This avoids creating a share link simply to retrieve your own work later. For a work conversation, check the workspace’s sharing notice and use whatever access controls your team normally uses for the underlying information.
Frequently asked questions
Can I make a personal ChatGPT link expire?
There is no setting to choose an expiry date for a shared link. Remove the link in Data controls when you are ready to end access through it.
Can I restrict a personal link to one recipient?
Personal-account links have no recipient-by-recipient access controls. If you need to share text with named people only, put the reviewed material in a service that supports restricted access and set the audience there.
Can I tell who opened my link?
Deleting a link and checking that it no longer opens does not show who read it. If it was shared from a personal account, account for the possibility that the original recipient forwarded it.
Do new messages appear in a link I already shared?
Personal conversation links show the snapshot from when you created or last updated the link. Workspace conversation links can include later messages. Read the sharing notice for the conversation before adding sensitive context.
Can I reuse the URL after deleting the link?
If you want to refresh a personal conversation while keeping its existing URL, use Update link before deleting it. If you have already revoked access and want to share the content again, review the preview and use the link ChatGPT provides for the new share.
Sources and related guides
Read OpenAI’s guide to sharing conversations and scheduled tasks for the official sharing and deletion controls.
Read How to Export ChatGPT Conversations and Download Your Data if you want your own offline copy.
Read ChatGPT Temporary Chat Explained for a guide to a separate privacy feature.
