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History

The list of your past chats in the Windows app. Search it, filter and sort it, pin the chats you reopen often, and archive or delete the rest.

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History is where every chat you have had is kept. Open History in the navigation pane to find an old chat and carry on where you stopped.

What you see

  • On the left, a Project list. All chats shows everything. Each project folder you worked in has its own entry with a count.
  • On the right, your chats under date headings: Today, Yesterday, Previous 7 Days, Previous 30 Days, then one heading for each earlier month.
  • Each chat shows its title, a short line about it, its project, how many messages it has and when it last moved.

Click a chat to open it and keep talking. If the folder a chat worked in is gone, the chat says so and offers Open without folder. You can still read it, but its files and tools may not be there.

Every chat is kept, except a temporary chat. A temporary chat is not saved to History at all. Conversations started by a hook (see Hooks) are kept out of History too.

Find a chat

Type in Search past chats. Haruno looks at the titles and at what was said in each chat. Press Ctrl+K anywhere in the app to jump straight to the search box.

Filter, sort and group

Press Filter and sort beside Active and Archived.

ChoiceOptions
Last activityAny time, Today, Last 7 days, Last 30 days
Sort byLast activity (the default), Date created, Title
Group byDate (the default), Project, None

Reset puts all three back.

Only Last activity hides chats. When it is on, the button says Filters on. If nothing matches, History says No chats match these filters. and offers Clear filters. Sorting and grouping only change the order, so they never hide anything. Haruno remembers your choices the next time you open the app.

Pin, rename, export, branch

Press More actions on a chat.

  • Pin to top keeps the chat in a Pinned group above everything else. Unpin puts it back.
  • Rename gives the chat a name you choose. Leave the name empty to bring back the automatic one.
  • Export… saves the chat to a file, as Markdown, a Word document or an HTML page. A picture that lives on the web is saved as a link that shows its address, so opening the file loads nothing. If the chat holds text that looks like a password, key or token, Haruno warns you first. You can still choose Export anyway. See Working with messages.
  • Branch in new chat opens a copy of the chat as a new chat, so you can try another direction. It is only offered for active chats.
  • Delete removes the chat for good. Haruno asks first.

The small button beside More actions moves the chat to Archived. Switch to Archived to see archived chats. The same button there is Restore this chat.

Work on several chats at once

Press Select, then click the chats you want. Select all picks every chat in view. Then press Archive (or Unarchive in the archive) or Delete. Haruno asks you to confirm before it acts.

Rename a project from History

Right-click a project in the Project list and choose Rename project…. Only the name changes. The project's folders, chats and connections stay as they are. Entries that are not projects, such as All chats, cannot be renamed here.

Delete cannot be undone

Delete removes a chat from your computer for good. Archive only moves it out of the way, and Restore this chat brings it back. When a customer wants a tidy list, tell them to archive.

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+---
+title: History
+summary: The list of your past chats in the Windows app. Search it, filter and sort it, pin the chats you reopen often, and archive or delete the rest.
+feature: history
+covers:
+  - windows-client/haruno-webview/web/src/pages/HistoryPage.tsx
+  - windows-client/Haruno.Desktop.ViewModels/HistoryViewModel.cs
+  - windows-client/Haruno.Desktop.Core/History/HistoryListOptions.cs
+  - windows-client/haruno-webview/Host/Contracts/WebHistoryContracts.cs
+  - windows-client/docs/history-list-options.md
+---
+
+History is where every chat you have had is kept. Open **History** in the navigation pane to find an old chat and carry on where you stopped.
+
+## What you see
+
+- On the left, a **Project** list. **All chats** shows everything. Each project folder you worked in has its own entry with a count.
+- On the right, your chats under date headings: **Today**, **Yesterday**, **Previous 7 Days**, **Previous 30 Days**, then one heading for each earlier month.
+- Each chat shows its title, a short line about it, its project, how many messages it has and when it last moved.
+
+Click a chat to open it and keep talking. If the folder a chat worked in is gone, the chat says so and offers **Open without folder**. You can still read it, but its files and tools may not be there.
+
+Every chat is kept, except a temporary chat. A temporary chat is not saved to History at all. Conversations started by a hook (see [Hooks](/windows/automation/hooks/)) are kept out of History too.
+
+## Find a chat
+
+Type in **Search past chats**. Haruno looks at the titles and at what was said in each chat. Press **Ctrl+K** anywhere in the app to jump straight to the search box.
+
+## Filter, sort and group
+
+Press **Filter and sort** beside **Active** and **Archived**.
+
+| Choice | Options |
+|---|---|
+| **Last activity** | Any time, Today, Last 7 days, Last 30 days |
+| **Sort by** | Last activity (the default), Date created, Title |
+| **Group by** | Date (the default), Project, None |
+
+**Reset** puts all three back.
+
+Only **Last activity** hides chats. When it is on, the button says **Filters on**. If nothing matches, History says **No chats match these filters.** and offers **Clear filters**. Sorting and grouping only change the order, so they never hide anything. Haruno remembers your choices the next time you open the app.
+
+## Pin, rename, export, branch
+
+Press **More actions** on a chat.
+
+- **Pin to top** keeps the chat in a **Pinned** group above everything else. **Unpin** puts it back.
+- **Rename** gives the chat a name you choose. Leave the name empty to bring back the automatic one.
+- **Export…** saves the chat to a file, as Markdown, a Word document or an HTML page. A picture that lives on the web is saved as a link that shows its address, so opening the file loads nothing. If the chat holds text that looks like a password, key or token, Haruno warns you first. You can still choose **Export anyway**. See [Working with messages](/windows/chat/working-with-messages/).
+- **Branch in new chat** opens a copy of the chat as a new chat, so you can try another direction. It is only offered for active chats.
+- **Delete** removes the chat for good. Haruno asks first.
+
+The small button beside **More actions** moves the chat to **Archived**. Switch to **Archived** to see archived chats. The same button there is **Restore this chat**.
+
+## Work on several chats at once
+
+Press **Select**, then click the chats you want. **Select all** picks every chat in view. Then press **Archive** (or **Unarchive** in the archive) or **Delete**. Haruno asks you to confirm before it acts.
+
+## Rename a project from History
+
+Right-click a project in the **Project** list and choose **Rename project…**. Only the name changes. The project's folders, chats and connections stay as they are. Entries that are not projects, such as **All chats**, cannot be renamed here.
+
+<Callout variant="warning" title="Delete cannot be undone">
+**Delete** removes a chat from your computer for good. **Archive** only moves it out of the way, and **Restore this chat** brings it back. When a customer wants a tidy list, tell them to archive.
+</Callout>