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---
summary: "CLI reference for `openclaw sessions` (list stored sessions + usage)"
read_when:
- You want to list stored sessions and see recent activity
title: "sessions"
---
# `openclaw sessions`
List stored conversation sessions.
```bash
openclaw sessions
openclaw sessions --agent work
openclaw sessions --all-agents
openclaw sessions --active 120
openclaw sessions --json
```
Scope selection:
- default: configured default agent store
- `--agent <id>`: one configured agent store
- `--all-agents`: aggregate all configured agent stores
- `--store <path>`: explicit store path (cannot be combined with `--agent` or `--all-agents`)
JSON examples:
`openclaw sessions --all-agents --json`:
```json
{
"path": null,
"stores": [
{ "agentId": "main", "path": "/home/user/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json" },
{ "agentId": "work", "path": "/home/user/.openclaw/agents/work/sessions/sessions.json" }
],
"allAgents": true,
"count": 2,
"activeMinutes": null,
"sessions": [
{ "agentId": "main", "key": "agent:main:main", "model": "gpt-5" },
{ "agentId": "work", "key": "agent:work:main", "model": "claude-opus-4-5" }
]
}
```
## Cleanup maintenance
Run maintenance now (instead of waiting for the next write cycle):
```bash
openclaw sessions cleanup --dry-run
openclaw sessions cleanup --agent work --dry-run
openclaw sessions cleanup --all-agents --dry-run
openclaw sessions cleanup --enforce
openclaw sessions cleanup --enforce --active-key "agent:main:telegram:dm:123"
openclaw sessions cleanup --json
```
`openclaw sessions cleanup` uses `session.maintenance` settings from config:
- Scope note: `openclaw sessions cleanup` maintains session stores/transcripts only. It does not prune cron run logs (`cron/runs/<jobId>.jsonl`), which are managed by `cron.runLog.maxBytes` and `cron.runLog.keepLines` in [Cron configuration](/automation/cron-jobs#configuration) and explained in [Cron maintenance](/automation/cron-jobs#maintenance).
- `--dry-run`: preview how many entries would be pruned/capped without writing.
- In text mode, dry-run prints a per-session action table (`Action`, `Key`, `Age`, `Model`, `Flags`) so you can see what would be kept vs removed.
- `--enforce`: apply maintenance even when `session.maintenance.mode` is `warn`.
- `--active-key <key>`: protect a specific active key from disk-budget eviction.
- `--agent <id>`: run cleanup for one configured agent store.
- `--all-agents`: run cleanup for all configured agent stores.
- `--store <path>`: run against a specific `sessions.json` file.
- `--json`: print a JSON summary. With `--all-agents`, output includes one summary per store.
`openclaw sessions cleanup --all-agents --dry-run --json`:
```json
{
"allAgents": true,
"mode": "warn",
"dryRun": true,
"stores": [
{
"agentId": "main",
"storePath": "/home/user/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json",
"beforeCount": 120,
"afterCount": 80,
"pruned": 40,
"capped": 0
},
{
"agentId": "work",
"storePath": "/home/user/.openclaw/agents/work/sessions/sessions.json",
"beforeCount": 18,
"afterCount": 18,
"pruned": 0,
"capped": 0
}
]
}
```
Related:
- Session config: [Configuration reference](/gateway/configuration-reference#session)