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# Personas

Create different versions of yourself for your companions to talk to.

A persona tells your companion who you are in the story: your name, your background and what you're like. Use different personas for different stories, or one default that follows you everywhere.

## What's in a persona

| Field                    | What to put there                          | Limit            |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | ---------------- |
| **Name**                 | What she calls you. Required.              | 50 characters    |
| **About me / backstory** | Who you are: job, past, situation.         | 1,000 characters |
| **Preferences / rules**  | How you'd like her to treat you.           | 1,000 characters |
| **Appearance**           | How you look. Used for your persona image. | 300 characters   |

You can have up to **10 personas**.

## Create a persona

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

### Open Personas

Click **Personas** in the sidebar, then **New persona**.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Fill it in

Add a name and as much detail as you like.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Save

Click save. Personas are checked against our content rules when you save them; if something isn't allowed, you'll be asked to revise it.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

## Your default persona

Mark one persona as your default with **Set as default persona**. It's pre-selected whenever you start a new chat, and you can still pick another one.

## Using a persona in a chat

You choose the persona when you start a chat. It stays with that chat for good; to talk as someone else, start a [new chat](/help/get-started/multiple-chats.md).

## Persona image

Give your persona a face. Describe your appearance, then click **Generate**. An image costs **2 tokens** and is refunded if it fails. Images are generated from your description; uploading a photo isn't supported.

## Deleting a persona

Chats that used a deleted persona keep working, but your companion no longer gets that persona's details in them. Anything you said in the chat itself stays in the conversation.


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