# Remove images from server upon download **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Proposal\ **Created:** [April 6, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/remove-images-from-server-upon-download/3691 "2025-04-06T06:33:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leehil](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@leehil](https://forum.delta.chat/u/leehil)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/remove-images-from-server-upon-download/3691/1 "2025-04-06T06:33:23Z")
Hey guys, I am new to delta chat, but I really love the idea behind it. What I am missing is the option to auto delete media from the email server. There is an option to delete all messages after some time or immediately, but I would want that immediate deletion only for heavy data such as pictures since they can quickly exceed the storage limit of the email provider. Previously I have been using WhatsApp and there images can not be downloaded after a while. So for example after switching devices it would tell me to “ask the contact to send the message again”. This feature would be a great addition to delta chat in order to save some storage. No need to store pictures on the server side. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/remove-images-from-server-upon-download/3691/2 "2025-04-06T11:31:58Z")
for chatmail, meanwhile heavy messages are deleted sooner for the exact same reason, to not allow storage exceeding, see [delete big messages after 7 days by adbenitez · Pull Request #504 · chatmail/relay · GitHub](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/504) - while that can probably be done even smarter, and ideas as resending are discussed also internally, this simple line already caught the vast majority of inboxes getting too full 🙂 ---
**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, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/remove-images-from-server-upon-download/3691/3 "2026-10-06T15:19:46Z")