TotalRecalls
See It Work

Watch a chat become files on your PC.

This page shows one complete download, recorded on a Windows PC. A conversation starts in the app and ends as two files in a folder on the drive.

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The Demo

One conversation, start to finish

Recorded on the Free Tier. Captions explain each step, so the video works with the sound off.

Real screen recording, trimmed for length. Account details are blurred.

Showing the current full walkthrough. The dedicated 60-second ChatGPT demo and the Pro upgrade walkthrough are in production — they drop into this slot when cut.

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Step by Step

What happens in the video

0:00

Open the app

TotalRecalls runs from its own folder on your PC. There's no installer and no TotalRecalls account.

0:08

Choose your provider

The provider list shows what your tier includes. ChatGPT is part of the Free Tier.

0:15

Sign in

You sign in inside the app, on your own PC. Your conversations aren't sent to our servers.

0:27

Pick a conversation

Your history loads as a list. Select the conversation you want to keep.

0:36

Download

TotalRecalls saves the conversation. A confirmation shows exactly where the files went.

0:45

Open the Library folder

The chat sits in the provider subfolder as one Markdown file and one JSON file. The video ends with the file open.

The Result

What's on your drive afterward

File Explorer open to the TotalRecalls Library provider folder, showing a conversation saved as one Markdown file and one JSON file
1

The folder

One Library, with a subfolder for each provider.

2

The Markdown file

The full conversation in readable text, with headings and code blocks intact.

3

The JSON file

The same chat as structured data, ready for search or other tools.

These files open without TotalRecalls. Copy them, back them up, or search them like any other document on your PC.

C:\TotalRecalls\Library\chatgpt\2026-09-14-pricing-research.mdMDJSON●Saved locally
Try It Yourself

Run the same download on your own chats

The Free Tier includes ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, with up to 5 conversations each. You don't need a card or an account.

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Show transcript

Final caption text lands here once the dedicated 60-second cut is locked. The caption track below follows the step-by-step above.

  1. 0:00 — Open the app. TotalRecalls runs from its own folder on your PC. There's no installer and no TotalRecalls account.
  2. 0:08 — Choose your provider. The provider list shows what your tier includes. ChatGPT is part of the Free Tier.
  3. 0:15 — Sign in. You sign in inside the app, on your own PC. Your conversations aren't sent to our servers.
  4. 0:27 — Pick a conversation. Your history loads as a list. Select the conversation you want to keep.
  5. 0:36 — Download. TotalRecalls saves the conversation. A confirmation shows exactly where the files went.
  6. 0:45 — Open the Library folder. The chat sits in the provider subfolder as one Markdown file and one JSON file. The video ends with the file open.