A step-by-step guide for ChatGPT users who are ready to upgrade - and want to bring their entire AI history with them.
There’s now an even easier way to move to Claude. Follow these steps:
→ Open Claude > Settings > Capabilities
→ Under "Import memory from other providers" hit Start import
→ Copy the prompt Claude gives you
→ Paste it into ChatGPT (or whichever GenAI tool you're currently using)
→ Copy the response
→ Paste it back into Claude and hit Add to memory
Done. Everything ChatGPT learned about you, your preferences, your working style, your context, now lives in Claude.
Everything below is still valid (and a great way to really ensure you’ve captured everything - especially if there specific chat threads you want to preserve.
There’s one very personal thread where I talk about a few health things I’m navigating which I will preserve in its entirety and continue in Claude, but in general the process above will work well)
If you’ve been using ChatGPT for a while, you’ve built up something valuable: a history of conversations, context about your business, your preferences, your projects. That’s not nothing. But here’s the truth most people don’t talk about:
Claude is better for serious work.
Here’s why thousands of professionals are making the move: