# Cleaning chatmail box

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/cleaning-chatmail-box/4637>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Created:** [January 23, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/cleaning-chatmail-box/4637 "2026-01-23T07:58:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![discrust](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/discrust/32/3086_2.png) [@discrust](https://forum.delta.chat/u/discrust)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/cleaning-chatmail-box/4637/1 "2026-01-23T07:58:18Z")

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I deleted/cleared ALL my chats on chatmail, but I see in Connections, that I have still 70MB used.  
How to clean chatmail box completely?

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/cleaning-chatmail-box/4637/2 "2026-01-23T11:15:46Z")

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hey, @discrust - first of all: welcome aboard!

to your question: this is been working on already, [add api to clear all relay storage · Issue #7730 · chatmail/core · GitHub](https://github.com/chatmail/core/issues/7730)

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**Author:** ![discrust](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/discrust/32/3086_2.png) [@discrust](https://forum.delta.chat/u/discrust)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/cleaning-chatmail-box/4637/3 "2026-01-23T12:23:56Z")

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Thank you for info! 🙂

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/cleaning-chatmail-box/4637/4 "2026-10-06T15:41:35Z")

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