Chat conversations in Electron Desktop

Find, resume, search, create, and delete saved Matrix chats from Electron Desktop.

Open Chat in Electron Desktop to find conversations on your selected Matrix computer. Chat uses the available agent harness and model selected in the composer. Saved conversations belong to the computer, so reopening the app does not start a separate history.

Find and resume a chat

Select a chat title to load its saved messages and continue the conversation. The chat list shows recent activity so you can find your latest work.

Open Search chats, enter words from a message, and press Enter. Search runs on your Matrix computer against committed message text and returns matching conversations. It is not a complete list of every conversation or an exact phrase search. Close the search field to clear the query and return to the recent chat list.

Select New chat to open a draft. Choose an available harness and model, optionally add a project, then send your first message to create the saved conversation. Starting another draft does not delete an existing chat.

Your selected computer owns the history

Switching Matrix computers loads that computer's conversations. If a chat is missing, check that you are connected to the computer where you created it. If loading fails, reconnect and reopen Chat before assuming the conversation was deleted.

Keep a chat unread

Right-click a chat in the list and choose Mark as unread, the first menu item. The unread indicator helps you keep a conversation for later. For an unread chat, the same menu position offers Mark as read.

Use Unread in the chat sidebar to show unread conversations, or All to return to the full list. Completed assistant messages you have not viewed also make a chat unread. Typing your own message or receiving tool activity does not.

Opening a loaded chat in a focused window marks the displayed replies read. If you mark the chat you are currently viewing unread, it stays unread until you leave and reopen it or explicitly choose Mark as read. Background windows do not mark chats read, and a newer reply remains unread if it arrives during a read update.

Read state is saved on the selected Matrix computer and shared between Electron Desktop and the web shell, including Web Desktop, Web Canvas, and Web Mobile. Connect both clients to the same computer to see the same state.

Delete a chat

Reveal Delete

Point to a row in the chat list, or move keyboard focus to its Delete action.

Review the confirmation

Select Delete, then review the conversation title and permanent-deletion warning. Select Cancel to leave the chat unchanged.

Confirm the deletion

Select Delete chat to permanently remove that conversation and its messages from the selected Matrix computer. The row disappears only after the computer confirms the deletion.

A chat cannot be deleted while it has an active run. Stop the run or wait for it to finish before trying again. If deletion fails, the dialog shows an error; reconnect or refresh the conversation and retry. Closing a chat tab is separate from deleting its saved conversation.

Deletion cannot be undone

Delete permanently removes the selected chat and its messages. Keep any information you need before confirming.