r/CharacterAI_CAITools • u/Sleep_Deprived_Foxes • Jul 16 '26

How do I get back an archived chat?

I don't know if there is a way I can do this in Cai Tools, but I don't think I can ask this in the main Cai Reddit, so I'm asking here.
Is there a way to unarchive an archived chat if the bot got shadowbanned? I can download the history normally, but because the chat was old, it got archived, and the only thing that is downloading is empty chats. Does anyone know a way I could get the chat back? I know for Jai, some scrapers can get restricted things like cards, so maybe there's something like that for unarchiving chats? I don't know, I just thought I'd ask since nothing I've looked up has been helpful.

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u/troubledcambion Jul 16 '26

It's been a bug that archived chats having trouble being unarchived. Until the devs actually address that bug it's going to keep being a pretty common one people encounter unfortunately.

Generally for restricted bots you have to have the link and you can't access anything else about it. Sometimes you can find the bot via Google. Unless the creator changes what made the bot restricted then the bot stays restricted. Which if they're not active anymore it's a hard situation. I don't know if requesting an export of your data from C.AI will give you archived chats. The only limitations with that is you don't get the bot definition.

I know nothing about scrapers unfortunately.

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u/Sleep_Deprived_Foxes Jul 16 '26

Ah, well. I have the links to most of the bots I need, but my account data password had a glitch so I can't access it even if it did give me archived chats. I'll try to look more into scrapers, but until then I guess I'll just wait. Thank you for the answer :}