# Backup number of messages

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/backup-number-of-messages/2104>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Created:** [May 29, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/backup-number-of-messages/2104 "2022-05-29T16:59:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![kkimber](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@kkimber](https://forum.delta.chat/u/kkimber)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/backup-number-of-messages/2104/4 "2022-05-30T11:10:33Z")

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maybe…

> [@Delta Chat was deleting non-DC messages](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-was-deleting-non-dc-messages/2103/6):
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> that’s helpful - if we trust that filter worked (and I don’t have any reason to doubt it) then only messages from 2022-03-08 to present might have been subject to silent and arbitrary deletion. I have a full mailbox backup from 2020-05 and from 2021-08, the former from before installing delta chat at all, the latter from before 1.27.0. If I find any evidence of older mail being deleted, I’ll report it as it might help others who also suffered mail destruction.

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