Why are Project chats showing in Recent?
OpenAI Developer Community
June 10, 2026
Update from my side:
I’m seeing a slightly different behaviour now, and it seems related to the new sidebar/chat organization changes.
On web, I now have an “Organize chats” option with two choices:
* Single list
* By project
When I select “By project” on web, the behaviour is much better: project chats no longer clutter the general recent chats list in the same way.
However, on Android, I can see that the sidebar/layout has also changed, but I do not have the same “By project” option. So Android seems to have received part of the new chat organization, but not the control that fixes the issue.
I also noticed that pinned chats/projects behave differently: when something is pinned, it no longer appears in Recents. But since there seems to be a limit of 10 pinned items, this is not a practical workaround for users with many projects/chats.
So, at least in my case:
* Web: has “Single list / By project”
* Android: new layout, but no “By project” filter
* Pinned items: removed from Recents, but limited to 10
Has anyone on Android already received the “By project” option? Or is this currently web-only?
It feels like the web version has the complete fix, while Android is still in an incomplete rollout state. Would be helpful to know if others are seeing the same thing on Android or iOS.
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