OpenAI Retires the Official DALL-E GPT From ChatGPT
OpenAI’s ChatGPT release notes confirm that, as of August 30, 2026, the official DALL-E GPT has been retired from ChatGPT, closing out the standalone GPT that had served as a dedicated entry point for DALL-E image generation.
Details
- What’s gone: the official DALL-E GPT built into ChatGPT is no longer available
- Advance warning given: OpenAI told users to download any images they wanted to keep before the August 30, 2026 retirement date
- Replacement path: OpenAI is directing users to ChatGPT Images, now positioned as the primary in-app destination for generating and editing AI images
- What’s unaffected: user-created custom GPTs that have image generation enabled continue to work as before; only the official DALL-E GPT is being removed
What happened next
Users who relied on the dedicated DALL-E GPT now need to generate and edit images directly through ChatGPT Images instead. The retirement continues OpenAI’s consolidation of image generation into a single in-product experience rather than a separate GPT, following a similar pattern to other recent model and feature sunsets rolled into ChatGPT’s regular release-notes cadence.