Fix for ChatGPT Not Working in Brave Browser!

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Fix for ChatGPT Not Loading Properly in Brave Browser

I saw a lot of people asking about this but there was no solution given. Here I have found the solution so I hope this helps!

Problem:

ChatGPT was getting stuck on the “Select your workspace” screen, with nothing clickable. This only happened in normal windows in the Brave browser — it worked fine in a private window. Works fine in other browsers. Clearing cookies and site data and putting shields down didn’t help.
Please note other people have experienced various other errors but the bottom line is that ChatGPT was not working in the Brave browser.

Cause:

Corrupted or outdated local storage or session storage data from a previous session. Even after clearing cookies, Brave retained leftover site data (like cached scripts, tokens, or app state) that broke the app’s interface.

Fix:

Manually cleared local storage and session storage for chat.openai.com using Dev Tools.

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Fix Steps:

  1. Open ChatGPT in a regular Brave window

  2. Right-click the page > click Inspect

  3. Go to the “Application” tab

  4. In the left sidebar:

• Under Local Storage and Session Storage, right-click on anything listed and select Clear

  1. Refresh the page

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MORE DETAILED STEPS:

4. Disable Extensions Temporarily

5. Clear Local Storage & Cache Specifically

Cookies are only part of the data — JavaScript, tokens, and app states are stored in local storage and session storage, which private windows don’t use.

How to clear local storage:

  1. Open ChatGPT in a regular window

  2. Right-click anywhere > Inspect

  3. Go to the “Application” tab in Dev Tools

  4. On the left sidebar, under “Storage”, click:

• Local Storage > https://chat.openai.com — Right-click > Clear

• Session Storage — Right-click > Clear

• Also click on “Clear site data” near the top if visible

  1. Refresh ChatGPT
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Brave Community member @Saoiray might be available to help you. He has been using ChatGPT in order to assist members.

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Glad to hear you got it resolved. Shouldn’t take all of the steps you mentioned. Not sure what you had going on. Thanks for sharing though.

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It seems there are several similar threads on here with people having the same problem, and no one found a solution to get it working for everyone. I explain in my post why it is necessary to clear the local storage/session storage when all else fails.

Here are some examples of non-resolved threads:

https://community.brave.com/t/i-cant-use-chatgpt-with-brave/516606/7