# How to manage lists in Delta.Chat **URL:** \ **Category:** Mutual Help\ **Created:** [February 11, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/how-to-manage-lists-in-delta-chat/1476 "2021-02-11T14:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hans1](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Hans1](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Hans1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/how-to-manage-lists-in-delta-chat/1476/1 "2021-02-11T14:17:07Z")
Both: Android 10, Windows 10 Home My impression is there are three lists occuring in [Delta.Chat](http://Delta.Chat); 1. - list of chats 2. - list of contact requests 3. - list of rejected contacts I’m curious haw these lists are managed best. list of chats: - I can select individual chats or can choose select all. - I can delete the selected with the consequence they are deleted in the app, but not on the server list of contact requests - I can select individual chats **but cannot** choose select all. - I can delete the selected ones, but with the consequence they are deleted on both in the App **and on the server** list of rejected contacts - I **cannot select** individual chats **and cannot** choose select all. - I cannot delete them directly (as they cannot be selected) and have to go to a dialogue for each single item of the list and tell each one “stop blocking” Any correction of my description is welcome, in case I described something in the wrong way. My impression is, it would be easier to learn and easier to handle, if there was a common way of management for these lists. I would suggest to give identical options to **select individually** and **select all** in the management options of each of these lists. And I would appreciate, if I had the option selecting if my action will have consequences - only for the app or - both app and on the server Generally it would be nice to learn something how these lists are maintained by the app behind the scene 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/simon/32/287_2.png) [@Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Simon)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/how-to-manage-lists-in-delta-chat/1476/2 "2021-02-11T14:28:20Z")
> [@Hans1](#): > > My impression is there are three lists occuring in [Delta.Chat](http://Delta.Chat); List of messages and list of contacts are lists you forgot in your list. At the moment the list of contact requests is technically a list of messages. ---
**Author:** ![Hans1](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Hans1](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Hans1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/how-to-manage-lists-in-delta-chat/1476/3 "2021-02-11T14:38:51Z")
@Simon I didn’t find how to display the _list of messages_. Is it the list of _Contact Requests_ in their representation by the three-dash menu? That seems to me being the display of a concattenated succession of the contents of all emails/messages. A different representation of the same items occurs on top of the chat list, where the _Contact Requests_ seem to be splitted into individual requests for sequenced treatment by the user. Where is the list of contacts? Do You mean list of **accepted** contacts? Where can I get them displayed? I only found the list of **rejected** contacts in the menu. ---
**Author:** ![Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/simon/32/287_2.png) [@Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Simon)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/how-to-manage-lists-in-delta-chat/1476/5 "2021-02-11T21:54:48Z")
the list of messages is the chat view. when you open a new chat or add people to a group you get a contact list. ---
**Author:** ![Hans1](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Hans1](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Hans1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/how-to-manage-lists-in-delta-chat/1476/6 "2021-02-11T22:58:34Z")
@Simon Ah, OK — Is _list of messages_ or _chat view_ what I originally had called _list of chats_ or is it , what I see, when I open a chat? Is there somewhere a comprehensive manual for DC? Maybe some of my questions can be answered by reading it. ---
**Author:** ![Hans1](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Hans1](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Hans1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/how-to-manage-lists-in-delta-chat/1476/7 "2021-02-11T23:07:39Z")
@anon76174457 Thank You for explanation. I didn’t find a comprehensive manual for DC. Is there one, explaining a bit more the concepts than the FAQ list? What I would find interesting at this point is, e.g. how does DC manage the Contacts List. On the Android phone it seems to be a compilation of an extract from the Android contacts data base amended by email-addresses collected from incomin emails. If that was the case, I would find it interesting to know, if the Contacts list is updated from both sources each time I push the (+) button and each email is coming in or if have any choice to force an update? Does it check the emails in my In-Box? Can I change or delete items from the list and does it affect the source … lot’ s of questions. Is there a place to find answers except by asking here? ---
**Author:** ![adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/adbenitez/32/2323_2.png) [@adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/u/adbenitez)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/how-to-manage-lists-in-delta-chat/1476/9 "2021-02-12T04:17:22Z")
> [@Hans1](#): > > list of contact requests > > - I can select individual chats **but cannot** choose select all. this is just a bunch of messages so it is a “message list”, being able to select all messages from a list of messages (for example in chat) is something useful, I receive request to “allow to empty/clear chat, delete all messages from a chat without removing the chat” that will be possible if “select all” is added to menu when selecting messages ---
**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, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/how-to-manage-lists-in-delta-chat/1476/11 "2026-10-06T15:02:54Z")