Delete messages or chats
Deleting works on all your devices at once. Nothing can be undone.
| What you choose | Goes from your devices | Goes from their devices |
|---|---|---|
| "Delete" - hold or right-click a message | The messages you picked | Only the ones you wrote |
| "Delete all messages" - in "Contact info" | Every message; the chat stays | What you wrote |
| "Delete chat and contact" - in "Contact info" | The person and the whole chat | The whole chat, what they wrote too - except someone you blocked, who keeps theirs. They are not told. |
| "Delete all chats" - "Delete" in the menu of the chat list, or in Settings | Every chat, contact and request | Every whole chat, except with people you blocked |
| "Delete everything" - "Delete all chats" with "Also delete my KUVRT" | Everything, and your KUVRT | Every whole chat, people you blocked included |
"Delete everything" also deletes your KUVRT on our server, so your recovery phrase no longer brings anything back. You type "delete" to confirm it.
Their app removes what you delete because it chooses to. If KUVRT could not reach someone, the result says so, and they keep their copy.
It works both ways: when a contact chooses "Delete chat and contact", the chat goes from your devices too. A contact who deletes their KUVRT removes their chat from your devices, unless you blocked them.
Devices are removed with "Remove device"; messages, people and your KUVRT are deleted with "Delete".
What this cannot do
- A changed app can ignore a delete, and screenshots and exports someone made stay.
Leave KUVRT and delete everything
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