Hello Google Developers Community,
I’m reaching out to highlight a significant UX and management challenge within Google AI Studio that is affecting many of us, especially those working on multiple Machine Learning prototypes.
Currently, there is a clear limitation regarding Project and Chat Management:
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Inability to Delete Conversations/Prompts efficiently: There is no bulk-delete option for past chats. For developers running dozens of tests daily, the sidebar becomes cluttered and impossible to navigate.
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Persistent Projects: Many users are finding it difficult to “clean up” or permanently delete projects/folders created during the testing phase, which often leads to confusion when switching between production and staging environments.
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Organization Issues: Without the ability to archive or delete, the workspace quickly becomes a “junk folder” of experimental prompts, making it hard to find critical work.
Why this matters for ML Engineers & Developers:
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Workflow Efficiency: A cluttered UI slows down the prototyping phase.
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Privacy & Security: Developers need to be able to wipe experimental data/prompts that may contain sensitive logic or API structures once they are no longer needed.
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Resource Management: Keeping unused “zombie” projects makes it harder to manage API quotas and project-specific settings.
Proposed Solutions:
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A Bulk Selection tool for the sidebar to delete multiple chats at once.
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A Clear All or Archive function for temporary experimental projects.
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Better synchronization between Google Cloud Project (GCP) deletion and its reflection in the AI Studio UI.
Is anyone else facing this? If you have found a workaround (other than manually deleting one by one, which is not scalable) or if there is a roadmap update for this, please let us know.
Let’s upvote this to get the attention of the Gemini / AI Studio product team!
#GoogleAIStudio #GeminiAPI #DeveloperExperience feedback mlops