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Heh. I have the opposite problem. I'd like a way to have Signal auto-delete conversations and media from my device after a certain amount of time. Yes, there a

Heh. I have the opposite problem. I'd like a way to have Signal auto-delete conversations and media from my device after a certain amount of time. Yes, there are auto-delete options, but those apply to the group/chat as a whole, and other people in some of the groups I belong to want to keep their chat history. I'm not totally opposed to them doing so, but would like the option to just delete my copies. (Signal uses more space on my iPhone than all my other apps combined, and I've had problems with upgrades being blocked because there wasn't enough space remaining to install them. Manually deleting hundreds of photos from individual groups to make room is such a pain in the ass.)

px43 3y ago
Large group chats should have an expiry of one week or so, maybe 4 weeks at the longest, otherwise it gets crazy. Unfortunately the best way to delete those old messages in your local chat is to delete the conversation and rejoin it. Admins really should have a "purge all history older than X" option. They let you do it one by one manually, but it's basically impossible to automate, and doing it manually is super tedious.
egberts1 3y ago
You can make your own group with a different expiry timer.
- Karellen 3y ago
  Well...yes? But what good would that be? If the people in the group I'm currently in don't want to reduce the expiry time of the group we're currently in, why would they join my new group with a reduced expiry time? Even if the new group was exactly the same as the old group, without a setting that makes it less attractive, why would they join my new group when all the people they want to talk to are currently in the old group? Am I missing something? How do you suppose that creating a new group would play out in a way that improves the situation?
  - egberts1 3y ago
    Different expiry for each flow of contamination. Yeah, it's a thing.
    - egberts1 3y ago
      *"Conversation". I blame Apple TTM.
    - Karellen 3y ago
      WTF? Maybe it's a thing in your corner of the internet, but searching for some combination of "expiry", "flow" and "contamination" in mine only yields results about water treatment, drug manufacturing, or some other chemical laboratory process. Even trying to think of synonyms for those words doesn't illuminate me in any way about how your previous comment might have any bearing on mine.

px43 3y ago

Large group chats should have an expiry of one week or so, maybe 4 weeks at the longest, otherwise it gets crazy. Unfortunately the best way to delete those old messages in your local chat is to delete the conversation and rejoin it. Admins really should have a "purge all history older than X" option. They let you do it one by one manually, but it's basically impossible to automate, and doing it manually is super tedious.

egberts1 3y ago

You can make your own group with a different expiry timer.

Karellen 3y ago
Well...yes? But what good would that be? If the people in the group I'm currently in don't want to reduce the expiry time of the group we're currently in, why would they join my new group with a reduced expiry time? Even if the new group was exactly the same as the old group, without a setting that makes it less attractive, why would they join my new group when all the people they want to talk to are currently in the old group? Am I missing something? How do you suppose that creating a new group would play out in a way that improves the situation?
- egberts1 3y ago
  Different expiry for each flow of contamination. Yeah, it's a thing.
  - egberts1 3y ago
    *"Conversation". I blame Apple TTM.
  - Karellen 3y ago
    WTF? Maybe it's a thing in your corner of the internet, but searching for some combination of "expiry", "flow" and "contamination" in mine only yields results about water treatment, drug manufacturing, or some other chemical laboratory process. Even trying to think of synonyms for those words doesn't illuminate me in any way about how your previous comment might have any bearing on mine.