# Search Your Saved AI Chats in the Side Panel


The Chats tab in the Kortex side panel lists the chats Kortex saved from AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. You can search them in plain words, sort them into folders, and send any chat to a Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) notebook.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-side-panel-panel-chats.webp" alt="The Chats tab: every saved chat, newest first" width="360" />

## Why use the Chats tab?

Have you ever lost a good answer in a long chat history? This tab is a filing cabinet for all of them, in one list. Kortex asks before it saves any chat. See [the chat Library](/docs/chat-library) for how saving works.

## How to find a chat

1. Open the side panel and click **Chats**.
1. Click the search box and type in plain words. You can write `claude last week`. Kortex turns it into a Claude filter and a Last week filter.
1. Click a chat to open it.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-side-panel-panel-chat-search.webp" alt="Typing claude last week turns into two filters" width="360" />

To see the whole list in a full tab, click the **Open the Library** button beside the search box.

On the free plan, the list opens the last 30 days. Older chats that match show their title, site and date, and a line says how many are locked. Pro opens them.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-side-panel-panel-chats-locked.webp" alt="In the side panel, older chats that match are listed as locked, with a line that says Pro opens them" width="360" />

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-side-panel-panel-next-step-library-trial-ending.webp" alt="A card near the top says the Library trial is ending and what will lock" width="360" />

:::info On the free plan

Older chats are locked, not deleted. A card near the top tells you when your 7-day trial is about to end. See [the free plan and the trial](/docs/chat-library#on-the-free-plan-and-the-trial).

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## What are the sections?

Under the search box is a row of buttons. Each one changes what you look at.

- **All:** every chat, newest first.
- **Folders:** your folders. They can hold chats from any AI, and can sit inside each other.
- **Pinned:** answers you pinned, from any chat.
- **Notes:** notes you wrote on chats, and notes of your own. Use **New note** to write one.
- **Archive:** chats you put aside. They stay searchable.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-side-panel-panel-chats-folders.webp" alt="The Folders section lists your folders with the number of chats in each" width="360" />

## How to work on several chats at once

1. Click **Select**.
1. Tick the chats you want.
1. Use the bar that appears: **Add to folder**, **To notebook**, **Download** or **Archive**.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-side-panel-panel-chats-select.webp" alt="Select lets you tick several chats and then act on them together" width="360" />

## What is in the ⋯ menu on a chat?

Each chat has three dots (**⋯**) at its right edge. The menu has these choices:

- **Add to folder…**
- **Send to a notebook…**
- **Copy chat**
- **Download as Markdown** and **Download as PDF**
- **Open in Google Docs**
- **Archive**, or **Move out of the archive** for an archived chat

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-side-panel-panel-chat-menu.webp" alt="The ⋯ menu on a chat" width="360" />

## How to send a chat to a notebook

1. Click **⋯** on the chat and choose **Send to a notebook…**.
1. Pick a notebook. The one the chat fits best is first, marked **Suggested**.
1. Or click **New notebook**, type a name, and the chat goes into a fresh notebook.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-side-panel-panel-chat-pick-notebook.webp" alt="Send to a notebook lists your notebooks with the best fit first" width="360" />

## What is the weekly recap line?

Once a week, a short line appears near the top of the tab. It says how many chats you had last week and the main topic. Click **See your week** to open the full recap in the Library.

:::tip Good to know

- Each chat you send counts as an import. The free plan has 10 a day. See [Free and Pro](/docs/plans).
- Click the **Saving your chats** button beside the search box to choose which sites Kortex saves from.
- While Kortex is saving, a line under the filters says which site it is working on.

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## Related pages

- [The chat Library](/docs/chat-library)
- [Searching your chats](/docs/library-search)
- [Folders](/docs/library-folders)