How do I move my ChatGPT memory to Claude and what should I leave behind?
By Gary Dhanda · 11 November 2026 · 3 min read
Short answer
Claude has an import feature: you ask your current tool to list what it remembers, paste that into Claude and Claude saves the key points as memories you can review. Before you paste, take out client personal details and anything out of date. Anthropic calls the feature experimental, so check what was saved.
How the import works
Anthropic's help centre describes three steps. You ask your current AI service to list the memories it holds about you. You paste the result into Claude's import box. Claude then saves the key points as separate memory entries that you can read and edit.
Anthropic lists the feature on its Free, Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise plans, on the web and in the desktop app. It says some Team and Enterprise organisations still use an older memory system, where imports appear within 24 hours instead of straight away.
What Anthropic says about limits
Anthropic states that memory imports are experimental and still being developed, so Claude may not keep everything you paste. It also says Claude is built to focus on work-related context and may not keep personal details that are not about work.
Treat the import as a first draft. Open the memory list afterwards and read every entry.
What to move
How you like to work: tone, format, the length you prefer, the spelling you use.
What your firm does: services, prices, opening hours, who does what.
Your standing instructions: the rules you repeat in every chat, such as how to lay out a quote or which terms you avoid.
What to leave behind
Client personal details. A list of memories from months of chats can hold names, addresses and case details you had forgotten were there. Read the list before you paste it and delete those lines.
Anything out of date. Old prices, former staff and finished projects will mislead the new tool.
Anything that belongs to you personally and not to the firm, if the account you are moving into is a work account.
Use a work account, not a personal one
Anthropic's announcement of memory for Team and Enterprise plans, dated 11 September 2025, says each project has its own memory, that Enterprise admins can turn memory off for the whole organisation and that users can export their memory. If the memory describes your firm, keep it in an account the firm controls.
Where this leaves you
The review is the part that matters: read what went in, remove what should not be there and put a date in the diary to check it again.
This is a general guide, not legal advice. Gary Dhanda, who runs Tekmait, also founded AI Twin, a separate memory product. This guide does not depend on it. If you would like help moving and setting up your firm's AI memory, get in touch through our Contact page.
Sources
Anthropic help centre, 'Import and export your memory from other AI providers', support.claude.com/en/articles/12123587. Read 8 November 2026. The page shows no fixed date.
Anthropic, 'Bringing memory to Claude', claude.com/resources/articles/memory, 11 September 2025. Read 10 November 2026.