Information
Beginning November 16, 2026, Google Gemini conversation history will be retained for 90 days instead of 18 months.
Conversations without activity for more than 90 days will be automatically deleted. If you have important information in older conversations that you would like to keep, you should save it.
As a Grand Rapids Community College staff member, to save your Gemini conversations you will need to export the individual conversation to Google Docs.
Environment
- Google Gemini
- Google Workspace
- Google Docs/Drive
Process
Export a Gemini Conversation to Google Docs
Use this method when you want to back up a specific conversation or convert a generated response into a working document.
- Navigate to gemini.google.com (opens in a new window) and log in to your account.
- In the left-hand side menu, locate and select the conversation you want to save.
- Scroll to the specific response (or the end of the conversation) you wish to export.
- Click the Share & export icon (three connected dots) located beneath the response.
- Select Export to Docs.
- A confirmation toast message will appear at the bottom of the screen with an Open Doc link.
- Click Open Doc to review the newly created document. The document will automatically be stored in the root folder of your Google Drive.
Note: Exporting to Google Docs exports the text content of the selected thread segment into a formatted Google Doc.