[feature] Trim messages when limit is reached

[ghost]

Like it is being done on Android, it would be useful to be able to set a limit after which conversations are automatically trimmed. Not a priority of course

[McLoo]

The 2000 char on android are quite a lot for a messenger, though TS-B lets you send unlimited(?)/more than 2000 chars. That extra above 2000 is lost on the receivers side as well as on a paired device.
Might be a good idea to notify about that.

[ghost]

I am talking about a different thing. I'm talking about the trim feature in the settings. The way to delete old messages, you know...
I opened an issue about what you're talking about here: signalapp/Signal-Android#3362

[McLoo]

lol. sry.

[spipau]

I just had a SQL Error in my Database and had to reinstall Signal Desktop. I had to delete a database of 10GB! Trimming these old messages would save a lot of disk space for many people.

[kpuljek]

+1, would prefer to trim messages on desktop, without search they're useless anyway

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[spipau]

Some "Activity" so the bot doesn't close this issue as I still think that this is relevant 😄