How to review, edit and delete AI memories
Keep AI personalization accurate with a practical memory audit, careful imports and clear distinctions between memory, chat history and Secret Mode.
An assistant that remembers the wrong thing can repeat the same mistake in every new chat. A good memory list holds a few current facts that make future answers better. It shouldn’t turn into an unchecked archive of everything you’ve ever said.
Mono by Reunified lets you add, edit, import, pause and forget memories. The routine below explains those controls, and you can use the same routine with any other assistant that lets you edit its memory.
1. Separate memory from the conversation
Chat history is the conversation you can reopen later. A memory is a fact or preference that can shape future conversations. A file saved in Vault is something else again. Deleting one of these doesn’t delete the others, and it doesn’t change what a model provider may have kept.
Compare “Use metric units in recipes” with “Buy flour on Friday”. The first is a lasting preference; the second is a one-off task. Put short-term to-dos in a task or a note so they don’t quietly become permanent assumptions.
For a privacy review, also go through the data-flow checklist. Memory settings and what a model provider does with your requests are separate things.
2. Audit the saved facts
Open Memories in Mono’s settings and read the list itself. Asking the assistant “What do you remember about me?” can be useful, but it doesn’t replace looking at what is actually saved.
Make one decision for each entry:
| Example | Decision |
|---|---|
| “I prefer brief answers with examples” | Keep it if it still helps |
| “I live in Paris” after a move | Edit it to the current fact |
| A finished project’s temporary rule | Remove it when it no longer matters |
| Two versions of the same preference | Keep one clear, correct version |
Tap an entry to edit it. To remove old information, forget one memory at a time, or use Select… to forget several at once. Forget all removes every memory permanently, so read the confirmation before you tap it.
3. Write preferences that travel well
Keep one idea per memory. Instead of “Make everything professional”, write “For work email, use a short, polite tone and no emojis.” The narrower wording still leaves room for a different tone in personal messages.
Add a date or scope when a fact can expire: “For the autumn exhibition, quote prices in euros.” Check that entry again once the exhibition is over. Don’t store passwords, recovery codes or other people’s private details just because they might be handy later.
After editing, start a new chat and ask for a harmless example where the preference matters. Compare the answer with what you saved. Models don’t answer the same way every time, so one good reply is a quick check, not a promise.
4. Import selectively from another assistant
Mono’s import screen gives you a prompt to copy into another assistant, such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and a field where you paste its reply. Read that reply before you import it. Delete facts that are wrong or out of date, anything confidential, and instructions you no longer want.
Start with a few non-sensitive preferences. Import them, look at the memories they create, and fix anything that was merged or misread before you add more. Another assistant’s export can be incomplete or wrong, so don’t treat it as a full backup of your account.
The text you paste is read by an AI model, just like a chat message, so leave out anything you wouldn’t send in a chat. Keep the original export somewhere safe if you want to compare the result later.
5. Understand pausing and Secret Mode
Pausing memories stops Mono from using them, but the saved list stays. When you want something gone, forget it, then check the list again. A fact can still appear in an older conversation after you remove the memory.
Secret Mode chats never add new memories, and a setting lets you choose whether Secret Mode can read your existing memories at all. Secret Mode is about what Mono remembers. It doesn’t make a chat offline or anonymous, and it doesn’t change how a model provider handles your messages.
Try a harmless test before you rely on any private mode, and read the app’s privacy explanation.
6. Set a small review routine
Look at your memories after a move, a new job, a finished project or a change in how you like to write. Keep useful facts that stay true and remove old context. If a wrong assumption keeps coming back, check both the current chat and the memory list before you add more instructions that contradict each other.
Use Vault notes for things you want to keep on purpose without turning them into a standing preference. Join the Mono waitlist to hear when the app is ready.
