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How to control which files ChatGPT and Claude can touch on your computer

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Most guides answer the question "how do I give ChatGPT access to my files?". The opposite question gets less attention: once it has access, which files can it actually read and change, and how do you narrow that down? I looked at how the common setups draw that line today. The short version: the li…

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  1. 2026-10-03 14:05 · DEV Community — AI
    How to control which files ChatGPT and Claude can touch on your computer

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