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ChatGPT — July 15, 2026
This update delivers a major enhancement to custom instructions, significantly increasing the character limit. Plus, Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Education users now benefit from an expanded capacity to save up to 5,000 characters, a substantial rise from the previous 1,500. This expansion provides much greater flexibility for users to fine-tune ChatGPT’s response style and behavior, enabling more personalized and precise interactions.
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- Increased custom instructions limit
- We’re increasing the character limit for custom instructions in ChatGPT. Plus, Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Education users can now save up to 5,000 characters, up from 1,500, giving them more room to customize ChatGPT’s response style and behavior.