You have until August 30 to save your ChatGPT DALL-E images — here's how to avoid losing them forever
While image generation isn't disappearing from ChatGPT, one of its oldest and most recognizable ways to create images is.The change was announced in OpenAI's ChatGPT release notes and has since been added to the company's help documentation. The advice is straightforward: download any images you want to keep before August 30.What exactly is going away? (Image credit: ChatGPT DALL-E/Future AI)OpenAI is removing the standalone DALL-E GPT, the company's custom version of ChatGPT built specifically for creating images. That experience is already available to Free, Plus, Pro and Business users, while the company's "Images with thinking" feature remains limited to paid plans.
- ▪While image generation isn't disappearing from ChatGPT, one of its oldest and most recognizable ways to create images is.The change was announced in OpenAI's ChatGPT release notes and has since been added to the company's help documentation
- ▪The advice is straightforward: download any images you want to keep before August 30.What exactly is going away? (Image credit: ChatGPT DALL-E/Future AI)OpenAI is removing the standalone DALL-E GPT, the company's custom version of ChatGPT b
- ▪That experience is already available to Free, Plus, Pro and Business users, while the company's "Images with thinking" feature remains limited to paid plans.
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AI ChatGPT You have until August 30 to save your ChatGPT DALL-E images — here's how to avoid losing them forever Features By Amanda Caswell Published 6 August 2026 If you've made AI images with ChatGPT, download them before the end of the month — here's how When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: DALL-E 3/Future AI) Copy link Facebook X Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter OpenAI is retiring the official DALL-E GPT on August 30, 2026, and the company is recommending users download any images they want to keep before then.
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