Session Management in AI
From the OpenAI Codex cheat sheet · Essential Slash Commands · verified Jul 2026
Session Management
Create, resume, organize, archive, or exit sessions.
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/new Start a fresh chat
/clear Clear the terminal and start fresh
/resume Resume a saved chat
/fork Fork the current chat
/rename NAME Rename the current chat
/archive Archive the session and exit
/delete Permanently delete the session
/logout Clear local credentials
/quit Exit the CLI
/exit Exit the CLI📌 /new and /clear both start a fresh chat
💡 /fork preserves the original transcript
⚠️ /delete is permanent and removes descendant sessions
🔐 Use /logout before leaving a shared machine
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