ChatGPT Data Export Can Take 7 Days, and the Link Dies in 24 Hours
Ok_Negotiation_2587 · reddit · 2026-09-26
A Reddit PSA on ChatGPT's official data export quirks: it can take up to 7 days to arrive, the download link expires 24 hours after receipt, you must download it signed into the same account, and the result is one giant JSON plus an HTML page that's hard to read or search. The author shares a four-step workaround and mentions his AI Toolbox Chrome extension for exporting individual chats to Markdown, PDF, TXT, or JSON.
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