Chat with a Model
Jan organizes your conversations with a model into chats or threads, making it easy to track and revisit your interactions. This guide will help you effectively manage your chat history.
Creating New Conversation/Thread
- Click New Chat () icon on the bottom left of Jan.
- Select your preferred model in Model Selector in input field & start chatting.
View Your Chat History
- Once you open Jan, the default screen is Chat
- On the left sidebar, you can:
- View your Conversations and scroll through your history
- Click any chat to open the full conversation
Favorites and Recents
Jan helps you quickly access important and recent conversations with Favorites and Recents in the left sidebar:
- Favorites: Pin threads you use often for instant access. Click the three dots icon on the right of the thread and a context menu will pop up with the favorite option for you to click on.
- Recents: See your most recently accessed threads for quick navigation.
Edit a Chat Title
- Navigate to the Conversation that you want to edit title on the sidebar to your left
- Hover on the conversation and click on three dots () icon
- Click Rename
- Add new title & save
Delete Thread
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There's no undo for chat deletion, so make sure you REALLY want to remove it permanently.
When you want to completely remove a thread:
- Navigate to the Thread that you want to delete in left sidebar
- Hover on the thread and click on three dots () icon
- Click Delete
Delete all threads at once
In case you need to remove all conversations at once:
- Hover on the
Recents
category and click on three dots () icon - Select Delete All