Custom GPT Thread Organization

[strong oriole]

One major UX issue still missing from ChatGPT is proper organization for Custom GPT conversation threads.

Projects already prove that structured chat organization exists in the platform. However, conversations created with Custom GPTs are still thrown together into one massive “Recent” list with no meaningful way to organize them.

Currently there is no:

• folder system
• GPT-specific grouping
• tagging
• workspace separation
• filtering
• hierarchy
• archive structure
• or ability to attach Custom GPT threads to Projects

This becomes extremely frustrating for power users who use ChatGPT as an actual daily work environment rather than occasional casual chat.

For example:

• writers managing multiple novels
• developers using specialized GPTs
• researchers
• long-context workflow users
• users building persistent knowledge threads
• people using different GPTs for different roles/tasks

The current sidebar quickly becomes chaotic and inefficient.

Technically, the platform already seems capable of supporting this:

• GPT identity already exists
• thread metadata already exists
• Projects already demonstrate structured containers

So this does not feel like a backend limitation. It feels more like a missing UX priority.

Other AI platforms have already started solving this problem better (for example Le Chat by Mistral and some AI workspace-style tools).

Custom GPTs are one of ChatGPT’s most powerful features, but without proper thread organization, scaling workflows becomes unnecessarily difficult.

[haughty lance]

Strongly agreed.

The inability to organize Custom GPT conversations is one of the biggest friction points for serious daily use of ChatGPT.

Custom GPTs are meant for specialized workflows, but their conversations are all mixed into the same Recent list, with no folders, tags, GPT-based filtering, project attachment, or workspace structure.

Projects already prove that ChatGPT can support organized containers. Custom GPT threads should be able to use that same kind of structure.

For power users, this is not a minor comfort feature — it is a real productivity issue.

[grave gale]

OpenAI could save on a BUNCH of storage if they'd give us these organization features and then they can "no biggie" -> limit people on the amount of projects created.

I mean, it's too much of a hassle to remove and reimport every file with a new iteration. There's not even a search bar let alone a link to your PC. Why would you go through that hassle if you can also just open up a new project.

Because you can easily make tons of projects, fill them all up with 40 files max - all new iterations, and keep going like this without deleting any one of them...

If OpenAI would allow people to more easily update and keep their files organized, and also compact and export all of their projects. They would save a ton of space.

[strong oriole]

Guys, this is becoming a serious issue. Not a small “nice to have” feature, but a fundamental one.

If ChatGPT is supposed to function as an actual long-term work environment and not just a casual chatbot, then Custom GPT thread organization needs to exist already.

The current sidebar chaos is simply not worthy of a professional productivity tool. Power users are managing dozens or even hundreds of long-running GPT threads, yet everything is still dumped into one tiny, messy “Recent” list with basically zero structure.

No folders.
No grouping.
No project attachment.
No workspace organization.
Nothing.

People have been requesting this for a long time already.

Honestly, does the UX team actually use Custom GPTs heavily on desktop? Because after a certain scale, the current system becomes frustrating and extremely inefficient to work with.