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title: "Organize your chats"
description: "Search, rename, pin, archive, move, select, and delete Bearly conversations."
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# Organize your chats

HTML: [https://bearly.ai/docs/chats/organize/](https://bearly.ai/docs/chats/organize/)

> Search, rename, pin, archive, move, select, and delete Bearly conversations.

Use the sidebar to keep active work close, move related conversations into projects, and clear away chats you no longer need.

## Find an earlier conversation

Select the **Search conversations** magnifying glass in the sidebar header. On a computer, you can also press <kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd> on macOS or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd> on Windows and Linux.

Enter a title, phrase, or topic under **Search conversations...**. Results show the matching conversation, a short excerpt, and the number of matches. Select a result to open that chat.

Search covers conversation titles and contents. If nothing matches, Bearly shows **No results found**; try a shorter or more distinctive phrase.

## Rename or pin a chat

Open the chat's three-dot menu in the sidebar:

- Select **Rename**, enter the new title, then press <kbd>Enter</kbd> or click elsewhere to save it.
- Select **Pin** to place the conversation under **Pinned**. Open the same menu and select **Unpin** when it no longer needs special prominence.
- Select **Mark unread** to give the conversation an unread marker. Opening it marks it read, or you can choose **Mark read** from the menu.

You can also rename the open conversation by selecting its title in the chat header.

## Move chats into projects

**Move to project...** appears after you have at least one project.



1. Open a chat's three-dot menu and select **Move to project...**.
2. Search for a project if needed, then select its name. A project already containing every selected chat is marked **Current**.
3. To move a chat back to the main list, open the menu again, choose **Move to project...**, then select **Remove from project**.



On a computer, you can also drag a chat onto a project in the sidebar. The project controls which project documents and settings are available to that conversation.

## Archive finished work

Open a chat's three-dot menu and select **Archive**. The chat leaves the main list but is not deleted.

Select **Archives** near the sidebar footer to show or hide archived chats. Open an archived chat's menu and select **Unarchive** to return it to the active list.

Archived chats cannot be deleted. Unarchive one before choosing **Delete**.

## Act on several chats



1. Open any chat's three-dot menu and select **Select**.
2. Use the checkboxes to choose more conversations. Choose **Select all** only when you want every chat in the current main list or active filtered view.
3. Select **Move**, **Archive**, or **Delete**. Select **Cancel** to leave selection mode without changing anything.



If selected archived chats are included in a bulk deletion, Bearly skips them and asks you to unarchive them first.

## Delete a chat

Open the chat's three-dot menu, select **Delete**, review the confirmation, then select **Delete** again.

> **Danger — Deleting a chat is permanent**
> The conversation, its attached files, and its chat memory are deleted and cannot be restored. Archive the chat if you merely want it out of the active list.


Deleting one message is different from deleting the chat. Use **Delete Query** beneath a message when you want to remove only that exchange.

For a durable workspace around several related conversations and files, see [Create and use projects](https://bearly.ai/docs/projects/overview.md).

## Continue through the documentation

- [Documentation index](https://bearly.ai/docs.md): Browse every Bearly guide.
- [Previous: Have your first conversation](https://bearly.ai/docs/chats/first-chat.md)
- [Next: Work with files in a chat](https://bearly.ai/docs/chats/files.md)
- [Related: Organize chats with projects](https://bearly.ai/docs/projects/overview.md)