# Any setting to auto-delete personal messages older than N days?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-setting-to-auto-delete-personal-messages-older-than-n-days/396437
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** personal-messages
**Created:** [February 18, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-setting-to-auto-delete-personal-messages-older-than-n-days/396437 "2026-02-18T18:47:50Z")
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### Author: ![hmmmnotsure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hmmmnotsure/32/472794_2.png) [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-setting-to-auto-delete-personal-messages-older-than-n-days/396437/1 "2026-02-18T18:47:50Z")

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We want to remove PMs that are over 1 or 2 years old. Is there any setting to auto-delete personal/private messages that are older than a year? Or conversations that are inactive for 1 year?

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