# Hide "disappearing messages were set to" messages after the timer was disabled or changed **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Proposal\ **Created:** [May 24, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/hide-disappearing-messages-were-set-to-messages-after-the-timer-was-disabled-or-changed/2584 "2023-05-24T20:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![missytake](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/missytake/32/591_2.png) [@missytake](https://forum.delta.chat/u/missytake)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/hide-disappearing-messages-were-set-to-messages-after-the-timer-was-disabled-or-changed/2584/1 "2023-05-24T20:56:45Z")
Right now, if there is a disappearing message timer, and it gets disabled, you can still see until forever that there were disappearing messages, even if the messages themselves have been deleted. This is suspicious to any police officer who seizes the device; they can now see that something sensitive was communicated, that there is something to hide. Proposed changes: 1. As soon as the timer is disabled, start a self-destructing timer on both the “timer was set” and “timer was disabled” system messages. The timeframe should be the same as the self-destructing timer had. 2. As soon as the timer is changed, delete the system message which showed the previous timer. Any opinions on this? In what sense could it be weird/unexpected to the user? --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.delta.chat/t/hide-disappearing-messages-were-set-to-messages-after-the-timer-was-disabled-or-changed/2584)._