Codex VSCode Extension - How to name/rename a task?
OpenAI Developer Community
May 21, 2026
Hi everyone! If you want to rename your threads, you can do it manually by editing the local index file. Here is how:
Close VS Code.
Go to this folder path on your computer:
C:\Users\<Your-Username>\.codex\(ReplaceCwith your drive partition and<Your-Username>with your Windows profile name).Look for the file named
session_index.jsonl.Open it using a text editor like Notepad++ or VS Code.
Find the thread you want to rename, change its text value, and save the file.
When you reopen VS Code, your chat threads will show the new names!
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