How do I clear chat history in eclipse copilot plugin?

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How do I clear chat history in eclipse copilot chat plugin? The new chat button don't clear history. Closing that window and restarting eclipse don't clear chat history.

Each time I hit the arrow up button in the chat window, it keeps showing all the old history.

[BheeshamKS]

There isn’t a clear chat history button in the Eclipse Copilot plugin yet; just close the chat tab to reset it, or delete the folder .metadata/.plugins/com.github.copilot.eclipse in your workspace to fully remove local chat data.

[rathod-0007]

At the moment, the Eclipse GitHub Copilot Chat plugin doesn’t provide a built-in option to clear or reset chat history. The “New Chat” button only starts a new conversation tab visually, but the previous prompts are still cached locally, which is why pressing the ↑ (arrow-up) key shows your old messages.

Here are a few things you can try:

1.Manually clear local storage/cache –

• Go to your Eclipse workspace directory.
• Look for .metadata/.plugins/com.github.copilot (or similar).
• Close Eclipse and delete the cache or history files inside that folder.
• Restart Eclipse — your previous chat entries should be gone.

2.Check for plugin updates –
GitHub is still actively developing Copilot for Eclipse, and clearing chat history is a known feature request. You can track or upvote related issues here:
🔗 https://github.com/github/copilot-eclipse/issues

3.Temporary workaround –
You can start a new workspace or disable the plugin cache between sessions if you need a completely fresh chat each time.

[rathod-0007]

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