# Delta Chat was deleting non-DC messages

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-was-deleting-non-dc-messages/2103>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [May 28, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-was-deleting-non-dc-messages/2103 "2022-05-28T15:46:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![gessel](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/gessel/32/1147_2.png) [@gessel](https://forum.delta.chat/u/gessel)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-was-deleting-non-dc-messages/2103/6 "2022-05-29T11:18:02Z")

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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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