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OpenAI Expands ChatGPT In-App Search to Span Chats, Projects, Images and Files Across All Plans

July 14, 2026 at 16:46 EDT

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OpenAI has broadened ChatGPT's built-in search so users can now find content across their past chats, projects, images and uploaded documents from a single place, with the upgrade rolling out globally to every plan on web, iOS and Android.

July 14, 2026 · ChatGPT Release Notes

ChatGPT Search, Supercharged: One Bar for Everything You Made

OpenAI expands built-in search so users can find past chats, projects, images and uploaded documents from a single sidebar entry point — rolling out globally to every plan across web, iOS and Android.

content types indexed: chats · projects · images · documents

platforms supported: web, iOS and Android

All

ChatGPT plans get the upgrade — no tier gate

One search bar → four content types

Sidebar Search

start here · filter by type

→

Chats

Projects

Images

Documents

Select a result and jump straight into the relevant chat, project or file — no manual browsing through history or the Library.

Early reaction

Largely positive — developers welcome consolidating history, files and images into one searchable surface without manual hunting.

The open question

Prior Projects search felt sluggish over large sets. Speed, accuracy and filter precision for heavy users remain untested.

The bigger play: instead of treating search as web-facing, OpenAI turns the sidebar into a lightweight index of a user's own in-app material — sharpening ChatGPT against tools like Perplexity, Gemini, Notion and Slack. No pricing changes, usage limits or benchmarks were disclosed.

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