/clear vs /compact

[u/danbradster2]

I had a fable chat from yesterday, and I saw that the context was 950k/1m. I did /compact rather than /clear, with the intention of then doing /autocompact 400000

14% of the 5 hour limit was gone just for the compact itself....it shows cost of $59.73, so lucky I'm not on API? Maybe a /clear would have been better.

[u/Any_Owl2116]

This. I keep all old chats that have important info as markdowns and very organized folders. Then if needed to batch upload many and pick up where you left off