# OpenAI patches ChatGPT desktop after user backlash over its recent redesign

> ChatGPT‘s desktop app is getting a much-needed course correction. When OpenAI merged Chat, Work, and Codex into one unified desktop app roughly a week ago, the experience came with more issues than intended, burying…

- **Source:** [Digital Trends](https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/openai-patches-chatgpt-desktop-after-user-backlash-over-its-recent-redesign/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a5a9e5992382b3d3dfe32f9)
- **Published:** 2026-07-17
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #nintendo-switch #chatgpt #openai
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