# Update character using API

**URL:** <https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467>\
**Category:** Character Intelligence\
**Tags:** question, memory\
**Created:** [August 19, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467 "2024-08-19T17:39:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/1 "2024-08-19T17:39:07Z")

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**Original Discord Post by rui012299 | 2024-08-19 17:39:07**

If I update my character using api, can I delete the logs of previous conversations?

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/2 "2024-08-19T20:26:50Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-08-19 20:26:50**

Hello \<@1213743516774039586\>,  
Do you mean memory sessions?

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**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/3 "2024-08-20T06:20:56Z")

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**Reply by rui012299 | 2024-08-20 06:20:56**

yes

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**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/4 "2024-08-20T09:55:19Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-08-20 09:55:19**

Unfortunately, this is not possible.  
Why do you want to delete it?

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**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/5 "2024-08-20T10:05:14Z")

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**Reply by rui012299 | 2024-08-20 10:05:14**

Thank you. When I update a character in the middle of a game, it is unnatural for them to remember previous conversations.

For example, I say, “Introduce yourself,” and the NPC initially responds normally. Then I update and say, “Introduce yourself,” and the NPC replies, “Again?”

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**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/6 "2024-08-20T10:11:33Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-08-20 10:11:33**

What do you update?

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**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/7 "2024-08-20T10:12:04Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-08-20 10:12:04**

The NPC does not remember previous conversations.

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**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/8 "2024-08-20T10:12:46Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-08-20 10:12:46**

However, Long Term Memory feature will be added in our next update.

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**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/9 "2024-08-20T13:57:54Z")

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**Reply by rui012299 | 2024-08-20 13:57:54**

What I want to do is, when I update an NPC, I want to make it a completely new personality.  
This is because if you create new NPCs in the game, you will have more and more NPCs. (NPCs cannot be deleted, so they accumulate more and more in the playground.)  
Therefore, we want to make it as if it were a new NPC by updating it.

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**Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/10 "2024-09-21T21:12:15Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-09-21 21:12:15**

I see. That’s not possible right now.

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/update-character-using-api/1467/11 "2024-11-25T12:14:27Z")

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