Update on 18th October 2024: OpenAI has launched the official ChatGPT app for Windows. You can get it from the Microsoft Store.
Breakthroughs in natural language processing and machine learning have raised the popularity of AI (Artificial Intelligence) chatbots. When it comes to AI chatbots, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is probably the most popular one.
Since its release about a year and a half ago, ChatGPT has gained hundreds of thousands of users. Millions of users use it every day.
ChatGPT, like Google Gemini AI, can be accessed from any web browser on any device. An official app is also available for smartphones. However, there is no official app for Windows and Mac just yet.
If you often use ChatGPT to get answers to your questions, you might want to install it as an app so that you can access it quickly and use it more efficiently.
As said, there is no official ChatGPT app for Windows 10/11 and Mac. You can, however, install it as an app with the help of web browsers.
This guide shows you how to install ChatGPT as an app on Windows 10/11 and Mac.
NOTE: Please note that installing ChatGPT as an app is nothing but installing the ChatGPT website as an app using the options available in the web browsers. It might not offer the same experience as a dedicated app, but it is still better than opening the website each time you want to access it.
Method 1 of 3
Install ChatGPT as an app on Windows 10/11 and Mac using Google Chrome browser
Step 1: Launch your Chrome browser and visit the official page of ChatGPT. Sign in to your ChatGPT account. If you do not have one, create one and sign in.
Note that you can also use your Gmail (Google), Microsoft, or Apple account to sign in to ChatGPT.
Step 2: Once you sign in, click the three dots menu icon in the toolbar (refer to the picture below), click Save and share, and then click Create shortcut.
Step 3: When you get the following pop-up, type ChatGPT in the name field, select the Open as window checkbox, and then click the Create button to install ChatGPT as an app.
Step 4: You may now launch the installed ChatGPT app just like any other app using search.
To uninstall the ChatGPT app, navigate to Settings > Apps > Installed apps page (Windows 11) or Settings > Apps > Apps & features page (Windows 10) and uninstall it from there, just like any other app.
Method 2 of 3
Install ChatGPT as an app on Windows 10/11 and Mac using the Edge browser
Step 1: In the Edge browser, visit the ChatGPT website and sign in to your account.
Step 2: Click the three dots next to the user profile icon, click Apps, and then click Install this site as an app or Install ChatGPT as an app option.
Step 3: When you see the pop-up, click the Install button. This will install the ChatGPT webpage as an app.
Step 4: Next, you will see another pop-up on the screen. Here, select what you want and then click the Allow button. That’s it! You have now successfully installed ChatGPT as an app. You may now launch it using search.
Method 3 of 3
Install ChatGPT as an app on Mac using Safari
If you are on a Mac and use the default Apple Safari browser instead of third-party browsers, you will be glad to know that Safari can also be used to install the ChatGPT service as an app. Here is how.
Step 1: Open the Safari browser and visit the official ChatGPT webpage. Sign in to it.
Step 2: Now, click the File menu and then click the Add to Dock option to add the ChatGPT webpage shortcut to your Mac dock.
Step 3: When you see the following pop-up, click the Add button. That’s it!
From now on, whenever you click on the ChatGPT icon on the dock, the ChatGPT webpage will be opened in its own window, just like an app. You won’t be asked to sign in again as well.
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