ConvoShelfChatGPT and Claude blocked at work: what happens to your chats
Updated October 25, 2026 · 4-minute read
When an employer blocks ChatGPT or Claude, your chats aren't deleted, the work computer just can't reach the service, so chats in a personal account stay there and work chats remain your employer's call.
Disclosure: ConvoShelf is our product. It isn't made by OpenAI or Anthropic and isn't connected to any of the agencies named here.
What Sweden's Government Offices announced
Sveriges Radio's investigative desk Ekot reported on October 24, 2026 that Sweden's Government Offices (Regeringskansliet) are blocking ChatGPT and Claude. From Monday, October 26, the two services can no longer be reached from staff work computers.
- Why: staff should use the AI services the Government Offices have approved, including Microsoft's Copilot. Digitalization director Mikael Wettercrantz declined an interview but wrote on the intranet that using AI services without an agreement can have consequences for information security.
- Not the only one: Ekot found blocks at the Swedish Tax Agency and the National Board of Institutional Care (SiS). The Enforcement Authority is preparing a position.
- Some access stays: the press office said part of the staff keeps access to an in-house platform for AI assistants, through which they can reach ChatGPT and Claude.
- Copilot tightened: internal information seen by Ekot says security in Copilot was raised after a review. The press office wouldn't give details.
Ekot also quoted an internal audit at the Swedish Transport Administration that found risky use of about ten different AI services earlier this year, covering both how sensitive the entered information was and how the answers were handled.
What a block like this means for your chat history
| Situation | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Chats in your personal ChatGPT or Claude account | Still in the account. A network block on a work computer doesn't touch them, and you can open them from your own devices. |
| Chats that contain work information | Your employer's data. Follow their rules before copying, exporting or moving any of it. |
| Chats on an approved in-house or enterprise tool | Kept under that tool's settings, which your employer controls. |
The safe order is simple: ask what your employer's policy says about existing chats, keep work material where they tell you to, and back up only your own personal chats.
How to keep a copy of your own chats
For a personal account, the provider's own data export is the complete backup and it's free. We walk through Claude's in how to back up Claude chats. ChatGPT has a data export in its settings too.
What we checked in ConvoShelf
We read the ConvoShelf 1.0.3 source on October 25, 2026 to describe what it does.
- Where it runs: chatgpt.com, claude.ai, gemini.google.com and grok.com, in Chrome. If those sites are blocked on your work computer, ConvoShelf can't reach them either, and it doesn't get around a block.
- Open chat, free: the Export tab saves the chat you have open as Markdown or PDF. JSON needs Pro.
- Everything at once, Pro: Everything as Markdown or JSON exports every chat ConvoShelf has saved.
- Local only: it saves a chat's text when you open it, keeps up to the last 60,000 characters of each chat, and stores it in Chrome's local extension storage, with no account and no server. That also means don't install it on a work computer where your employer hasn't approved it.
On your own computer you can also organize ChatGPT and Claude chats into folders so the personal threads you keep stay easy to find.
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FAQ
Why did Sweden's Government Offices block ChatGPT and Claude?
Sveriges Radio's Ekot reports the block is meant to steer staff to the AI services the Government Offices have approved, including Microsoft Copilot. Its digitalization director said using AI services without an agreement can have consequences for information security.
When does the block start?
Ekot reported on October 24, 2026 that from Monday, October 26, ChatGPT and Claude can no longer be reached from staff work computers at the Government Offices.
Are other Swedish agencies doing the same?
Ekot's survey found blocks at the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) and the National Board of Institutional Care (SiS), and said the Enforcement Authority (Kronofogden) is preparing a position on the question.
Does a work block delete my ChatGPT or Claude chats?
Nothing in Ekot's report says chats are deleted. A network block stops the work computer from reaching the service. Chats in a personal account stay in that account, which you can still open from your own devices.
Should I export my work chats before a block?
Only if your employer allows it. Chats that contain work information are your employer's data to decide about. For chats in your own personal account, ChatGPT and Claude both offer a data export in settings, and that is the complete backup.