ChatGPT's file 'Trash' is invisible: no way to verify your deleted files are actually gone
deadwood-bartender · reddit · 2026-09-12
A Reddit user found that deleting a ChatGPT chat does not remove its files from the Library; manually deleted files go to a '30-day Trash' that users cannot view, inspect, or permanently empty, and there is no way afterward to verify actual permanent deletion—unlike iCloud or Adobe cloud storage. A warning for anyone storing artwork, client documents, or sensitive files in ChatGPT, and a question for OpenAI: why no user-accessible Trash?
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