Feature: Automatic deletion of old messages

[coiax]

In the spirit of https://ssd.eff.org/your-computer/protect/retention having deletion of messages older than a certain amount is probably good practice. I previously used an automated tool to delete SMS messages older than 30 days, but since TextSecure uses its own database, this no longer works.

Having the option for TextSecure to delete messages older than X (reuse of the passphrase timeout selector would be fine) would be highly helpful.

[coiax]

I'm going to try to see if I can hack together some code to do this, watch this space.

[generalmanager]

Are you going to work on this again, or are you happy with the message-based approach we have now instead of the time-based one? If you are not going to pursue or ask for it further, can you please close the ticket? Thanks!

[rhodey]

Settings > Delete old messages > check box