# Smart Search > Find ChatGPT conversations with Smart Search. Search synced titles and messages, filter answers and dates, and jump directly to a matching message. Canonical: https://stylergpt.com/features/chatgpt-smart-search [All StylerGPT features](https://stylergpt.com/features) Find the answer you remember with Smart Search. Search your ChatGPT titles and messages, narrow the results with filters, and pick up where you left off. Watch a broad search become the one answer you need. This demo uses sample conversations and an already synchronized Chat archive. From a remembered phrase to the answer ## Find useful work in your ChatGPT history ### Search beyond conversation titles You remember the advice, but not the chat’s name. Search for a word or phrase in your synchronized conversations and see highlighted message excerpts grouped by chat. In the demo, “onboarding” finds customer research, a workspace migration and a design review. ### Keep the answers that fit your task Choose Answers to focus on ChatGPT’s replies. Then use More filters to exclude “legacy” and leave the customer research result. You can also include terms, match whole words, search titles only, or filter conversations by their update date and archive status. ### Return to the original context In the demo, click Customer research synthesis to open the found conversation and read its question and answer. You can also click a matching excerpt to jump directly to that message. To keep a copy, select results and export them as JSON, Markdown or TXT, with an option to include only matching messages and replies. ### Synchronize your chats before searching With Power access, enable Chat archive in Advanced and let the initial synchronization complete, then turn on Smart Search in Toolbox. Use sidebar search or Ctrl/Cmd+K to open it. Search covers the conversations that have finished synchronizing. ## About Smart Search ### How do I enable Smart Search in ChatGPT? Smart Search requires Power access. Open StylerGPT, enable Chat archive in Advanced and wait for the first synchronization to finish. Then enable Smart Search in Toolbox. Open the search icon in ChatGPT’s sidebar or press Ctrl+K on Windows or Cmd+K on macOS. If you use StylerGPT’s sidebar panel, Chat archive is under Settings. ### Does Smart Search search chat titles or message content? Both. Smart Search searches titles and messages in your synchronized conversations and highlights matching text. Choose Questions to search your messages, Answers to search ChatGPT’s replies, or All for both. Titles only is available under More filters. ### Which filters can I use? Filter by message role, conversation update date and active or archived status. Dates include the past week, month, year and a custom range. More filters lets you include or exclude words and phrases, match all terms or at least one, search titles only, or match whole words. Date filters use the conversation’s update date, not the date of an individual message. ### Can I open the exact message I found? Yes. Click a matching message excerpt to open its conversation. StylerGPT brings that message into view when ChatGPT renders it. Clicking a result’s title opens the conversation without targeting a particular message. ### Can I export search results? Yes. Select the conversations you want in the results, choose Export results and pick JSON, Markdown or TXT. You can export the selected conversations or choose Matching messages and replies only. ### Which conversations can Smart Search find? Search includes conversations synchronized for your current ChatGPT account. If a chat is missing, wait for synchronization and check your filters. Turning off Chat archive stops synchronization and disables Smart Search, but keeps downloaded chats and gallery favorites. Turn Chat archive back on and enable Smart Search again in Toolbox to resume using it. Deleting the saved archive requires 'Delete local archive' in Chat archive settings and confirmation. ## Put your past answers back to work Find the conversation, recover the context and keep moving with StylerGPT. ## Related - [StylerGPT features](https://stylergpt.com/features) - [Frequently asked questions](https://stylergpt.com/faq)