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Threads

Using Threads

Jan provides a straightforward and private solution for managing your threads with AI on your device. As you interact with AI using Jan, you'll accumulate a history of threads. Jan offers easy tools to organize, delete, or review your past threads with AI. This guide will show you how to keep your threads private and well-organized.

View Thread History

To view your thread history, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the main dashboard.
  2. Locate the list of threads screen on the left side.
  3. To view a specific thread, choose the one you're interested in and then scroll up or down to explore the entire conversation.

History

Manage the Threads via Folder

To manage your thread history and configurations, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Thread you want to manage via the list of threads on the left side of the dashboard.
  2. Click on the three dots (⋮) in the Thread section.

Thread Settings


  1. There are two available options to select:
    • Show in File Explorer: Opens the thread history and configurations folder.
    • Edit Threads Settings: Opens the thread.json file in your default code editor.

Thread Settings

Clean Threads History

To clean all the messages from a thread, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Thread that you want to clean.
  2. Hover to a thread and click on the three dots (⋮) in the Thread section.
  3. Select the Clean Thread button.

Clean Thread

This will delete all messages in the thread while keeping the thread settings.

Delete Threads History

To delete a thread, follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Thread that you want to delete.
  2. Hover to a thread and click on the three dots (⋮) in the Thread section.
  3. Select the Delete Thread button.

Delete Thread

This will delete all messages and the thread settings.