---
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`)

## 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:

- `--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.

Related:

- Session config: [Configuration reference](/gateway/configuration-reference#session)