# Where is Gemini chat history? How to find your past chats > Find your Gemini chat history in the side panel under Recent, or in Gemini Apps Activity. Steps for the web, plus why chats can go missing. https://www.kortex-notebooklm.com/tutorials/how-to-find-gemini-chat-history 1. [Tutorials](/tutorials) 2. Where is Gemini chat history? How to find your past chats # Where is Gemini chat history? How to find your past chats 2 minutes 5 steps Updated November 10, 2026 ## Quick answer Go to gemini.google.com and open the side panel. Your pinned and recent chats are listed there. If the panel is hidden, click Menu at the top. For a full log of what you asked, click Settings & help, then Activity, or go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini. Google keeps this only when Keep Activity is on. ## Watch it first Where is Gemini chat history? How to find your past chats Read the transcript Where is your Gemini chat history? Here's how to find past chats in the Gemini app on the web. com. If your chats are hidden, click Menu at the top. The side panel appears. Your pinned and recent chats are listed there. Pinned chats sit at the top of Recent. Click a chat to open it and carry on. For a full log of what you asked, click Settings & help, then Activity. Or go straight to the address on screen. In Activity, a chat with a Gem names the Gem. Gemini Live chats show an audio, screen-share or video icon. Select Details to view or download that data. To find a chat again fast, hover over it under Recent, click More, and choose Pin or Rename. Pinned chats stay at the top. Chat missing? Finding chats needs Keep Activity turned on. And by default, activity older than 18 months is deleted. The full tutorial has every step, and the fixes. ## What you need - A personal Google account signed in to Gemini on gemini.google.com - Keep Activity turned on, which is the default if you are 18 or over ## On this page 1. [Open Gemini and show the side panel](#step-1) 2. [Look under Recent for your chats](#step-2) 3. [Open Gemini Apps Activity for the full log](#step-3) 4. [Find a chat that used a Gem or Gemini Live](#step-4) 5. [Pin or rename chats you want to find again](#step-5) 6. [If it doesn’t work](#trouble) 7. [Questions](#faq) 1. ## Open Gemini and show the side panel On your computer, go to gemini.google.com. If your chats are hidden, click **Menu** at the top. The side panel appears. 2. ## Look under Recent for your chats In the side panel, find your pinned and recent chats. Pinned chats sit at the top of the **Recent** section. Click a chat to open it and carry on. 3. ## Open Gemini Apps Activity for the full log Click **Settings & help**, then **Activity**. You can also go straight to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini. This page lists your Gemini Apps activity, which Google stores in your Google Account while Keep Activity is on. 4. ## Find a chat that used a Gem or Gemini Live In Activity, a conversation with a Gem names the Gem. Gemini Live chats show icons: an audio icon, a screen-share icon or a video icon. Select **Details** to view or download that audio, screenshare or video data. 5. ## Pin or rename chats you want to find again In the side panel, hover over a chat under **Recent**, click **More**, and choose **Pin** or **Rename**. Pinned chats stay at the top. ## If it doesn’t work My chat history is empty or the chat is missing On a personal account, finding chats only works with Keep Activity on. If it is off, new chats don't appear in Activity, although Google saves them with your account for up to 72 hours to run the service. Turn Keep Activity on in Activity, then new chats will show. Old chats are gone By default, Gemini Apps activity older than 18 months is deleted automatically. You can change this to 3 or 36 months, or choose Don't auto-delete activity, under Activity. This only protects chats from now on. I use Gemini with a work or school account Your administrator controls your Gemini Apps Activity settings. You may not be able to change retention or see how long chats are kept. ## Questions people ask Something we missed? [Ask us](#contact). ### Where is Gemini chat history stored? When you are signed in and Keep Activity is on, Google stores your Gemini Apps activity in your Google Account. You can review, delete and manage it in My Activity at any time. ### How long does Gemini keep my chat history? By default, activity older than 18 months is deleted automatically. You can change that to 3 or 36 months, or turn auto-delete off. ### Can I download my Gemini chat history? Yes. Use Google Takeout at takeout.google.com and pick Gemini Apps under My Activity. Google says most people get the link the same day. See [how to export Gemini chat to Google Docs](/tutorials/how-to-export-gemini-chat-to-google-docs). ### How can I keep Gemini chats if Google deletes old ones? Kortex can save your Gemini chats on your computer, and a chat you delete on Gemini stays in your Kortex Library. Kortex reads only about the newest 500 to 600 Gemini chats, so start before they scroll away. ## Sources - [Find & manage your recent chats in Gemini Apps (Gemini Apps Help)](https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13666746) , checked November 10, 2026 - [Manage & delete your activity in Gemini Apps (Gemini Apps Help)](https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13278892) , checked November 10, 2026 ## Keep going [Chat Library Keep your AI chats on your computer and search them, next to your YouTube videos and notebooks.](/features#organize) [Kortex docs The full reference for this feature, with every option.](/docs/chat-library) ### More tutorials - [How to search Gemini chat history and find an old chat](/tutorials/how-to-search-gemini-chats) - [ChatGPT custom instructions: how to set them up](/tutorials/how-to-set-custom-instructions-in-chatgpt) - [How to share a ChatGPT conversation with a link](/tutorials/how-to-share-a-chatgpt-conversation) - [How to share a Claude chat: public link or invite by email](/tutorials/how-to-share-a-claude-chat) [All tutorials](/tutorials) ## Do it on your own notebooks. 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