# Latent change in server settings \[delete messages from server\]

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/latent-change-in-server-settings-delete-messages-from-server/5497>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Tags:** privacy, user-interface\
**Created:** [July 1, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/latent-change-in-server-settings-delete-messages-from-server/5497 "2026-07-01T10:43:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Yewgen](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/yewgen/32/3554_2.png) [@Yewgen](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Yewgen)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/latent-change-in-server-settings-delete-messages-from-server/5497/1 "2026-07-01T10:43:33Z")

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I don’t know how long ago I slept through this change, I apologize, if this has already been discussed, please poke my nose… The point is that the server settings have disappeared: previously it was possible to regulate the period for saving messages on the server, but now this setting has disappeared. I would really hate to leave my correspondence on someone else’s server and I vote for returning the “delete from the server immediately after delivery to the recipient” setting!

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**Author:** ![ian](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ian/32/3164_2.png) [@ian](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ian)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/latent-change-in-server-settings-delete-messages-from-server/5497/2 "2026-07-01T11:22:46Z")

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If you are using single-device mode, your messages are already deleted from the server upon fetching. If you are using multi-device mode, the messages can’t be deleted, as then the other clients couldn’t fetch them. Also, chatmail servers have a retention that already deletes messages after a few weeks.

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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/latent-change-in-server-settings-delete-messages-from-server/5497/3 "2026-10-06T15:41:02Z")

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