How to Remove a ChatGPT Connector

To remove a ChatGPT connector, go to your ChatGPT settings, find the connector or connected app you want to disconnect, and remove or revoke it. That ends ChatGPT's ability to access the connected service going forward. What it does not do is delete any data that the connected service already read or stored. Those are two different things, and it is worth understanding both. Tools like fenbs retain selected project context independently of any individual connector, so removing a connection does not lose the work recorded there.

The exact steps vary slightly depending on which ChatGPT plan you use and how the connector was originally set up. The guide below covers the most common path. Check your ChatGPT settings directly for the current layout.

Where to find and remove a connector

In ChatGPT, open Settings and look for a section labeled Connectors, Connected Apps, or Integrations — the label depends on the interface version. Find the connector you want to remove and choose the option to disconnect, remove, or revoke access.

For connectors that used OAuth, you should also revoke the access token from the connected service's own settings. Removing the connector in ChatGPT ends the connection on the ChatGPT side; revoking the OAuth authorization on the other side ensures no active token remains. Both steps together give you a clean disconnect.

Steps to remove a connector completely

1. Open ChatGPT Settings and navigate to the Connectors or Connected Apps section.
2. Find the connector you want to remove and select disconnect, remove, or revoke.
3. If the connector used OAuth, sign in to the connected service and revoke the authorization from its own settings (often under Settings, Third-party apps, or Security).
4. If the connector used an API key, disable or rotate the key in the connected service to ensure the old credential cannot be used again.
5. Check any existing ChatGPT conversations that used the connector — they may still reference it by name, but the live connection is now gone.

Revoking access versus deleting source data

Revoking access means ChatGPT can no longer read new data from the connected service. It does not remove data that the connected service read during the active connection period, and it does not delete data that ChatGPT may have processed and stored in a conversation.

If the connection involved sensitive data and you need it removed from conversation storage as well, check OpenAI's data controls in ChatGPT settings. The options available depend on your plan. For the current data retention and deletion options, consult OpenAI's help center↗ (opens in a new tab).

What happens to work that depended on the connector

Any tasks, decisions, or context that were recorded outside the connector — in a project management tool, a shared document, or a tool like fenbs — remain available after you remove the connection. The connector was the live link to the external service; it was not the only place the work was stored.

If the connector was the only record of important context, now is a good time to export or copy what you need before removing it. A project context that lived only in the connector's data stream is gone when the connection closes.

For organizational connectors shared across a team, the impact of removal is wider. Check with your team before removing a shared connector. Identify who uses it and for what workflows. If active tasks depend on it, coordinate the removal with those users and agree on a replacement approach before disconnecting, so no one arrives at a dead connection mid-session.

Checking what was decided before disconnecting

Before removing a connector, review what work happened through it. Are there outstanding tasks the AI was tracking through that connection? Are there decisions or rules that were never recorded anywhere permanent? Now is the right time to move those to a more stable record.

If a connector was used across multiple projects, check each one separately. A project that relied on the connector for live data access may now need a different source or approach. Recording that transition — what changed, why, and how the project will continue — helps the next person working on that project understand the history without having to piece it together.

Removing a connector also creates a natural pause to review whether you need that connection at all. If the workflow it supported is now handled differently, removing it and keeping the context in a model-independent record is often cleaner than keeping a connection you no longer actively use.

How to do this with fenbs

1. Create a free account and add the project that relied on the connector.
2. Before disconnecting, record any decisions and rules from that workflow as Decisions and rules in fenbs.
3. Move outstanding tasks to the fenbs board so they are visible when you reconnect or use a different tool.
4. Connect your AI via Integrations so it reads the project context from fenbs even without the original connector.
5. Record the decision to remove the connector — when, why, and what replaced it — so the history is clear for the next person working on that project.

For connector troubleshooting before you remove one, see ChatGPT Connectors Not Working. For an overview of what connectors can access, see ChatGPT Connectors and Apps. More guides are in the connect-ai topic.