# Chat history

> The list of your saved Copilot conversations, which you can reopen, rename or delete, with each Copilot surface keeping its own separate history.

**Category:** Copilot

**Copilot Chat saves your conversations and lists them under Chats on the left**, much as Claude does. From the menu next to a chat's title you can rename it ("Q3 client renewal", not "New chat 14") or delete it. Because the list keeps a running record, you don't need to leave a thread open just in case, and you can let a chat that went nowhere go.

Each surface keeps **its own history**: a chat you start in Copilot in Word doesn't show up in standalone [Copilot Chat](/glossary#copilot-chat), and vice versa. Copilot reads the whole conversation every time you send a message, so start a new chat for a new topic; older, unrelated messages dilute the [context](/glossary#context). Copilot can also draw selectively on past chats, so delete a conversation you don't want it to refer back to.

## At work

An account manager renames each renewal chat after the client. Next quarter she reopens the right thread in seconds instead of briefing Copilot from scratch.

## Often confused with

Copilot Pages. A chat stays a conversation in your history; a Page turns an answer into a document you can keep editing and share with colleagues.

## Related terms

- Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
- Context
- Copilot Pages

## See it in a lesson

[First steps in Copilot](/en/learn/copilot/getting-started/first-steps-in-copilot)

## Further reading

- [How Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat history works (Microsoft Support)](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/how-microsoft-365-copilot-chat-history-works): How Copilot saves, lists and separates your conversations.
- [Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat overview (Microsoft)](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/chat): Microsoft's overview of what Copilot Chat does and where to find it.

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Last updated: 14/10/2026  
Source: Rollo Academy glossary