You have until August 30 to save your ChatGPT DALL-E images — here's how to avoid losing them forever
OpenAI is retiring the DALL-E GPT in ChatGPT on August 30. Here's how to download and save your AI images before the deadline.
OpenAI has announced that the official DALL-E GPT will be retired on August 30, 2026, and users are urged to download any images they wish to keep before that date. The company's announcement was made in the ChatGPT release notes and support documentation. DALL-E GPT is the original image generation tool within ChatGPT, which will be removed along with it.
In its place, users will now access OpenAI's newer gpt-image-1 models through ChatGPT Images. The transition to this new system is already available to all ChatGPT users, including those on Free, Plus, Pro, and Business plans. The experience of creating images in ChatGPT should remain largely unchanged. However, users should remember that image deletion from ChatGPT conversations will also result in the loss of the associated images.
To prevent this, it is recommended that users download any images they want to save before deleting their conversations. Additionally, OpenAI is phasing out several other products and models, including the discontinued DALL-E API for developers, the older o3 model in ChatGPT, and the experimental AI browser ChatGPT Atlas. Users are advised to review their saved images with the DALL-E GPT and ensure they download them before the retirement date, as there may not be another opportunity to do so.
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