# Are chat threads deleted by creation date or last activity?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-chat-threads-deleted-by-creation-date-or-last-activity/323950
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [August 29, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-chat-threads-deleted-by-creation-date-or-last-activity/323950 "2024-08-29T10:29:13Z")
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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-chat-threads-deleted-by-creation-date-or-last-activity/323950/2 "2024-09-01T08:47:49Z")

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The messages are deleted, so it’s by creation date, a message by itself has no notion of “last activity”.

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