Dino: Delete the history of a conversation

[vv01f]

I would like to delete at least selected conversations with a contact intentionally.

[t2d]

I think it is dangerous and counter-intuitive, that the history of a conversation is saved although I have deleted the conversation explicitly from the left pane.

[IeP4nieF]

Is there some progress on this feature? I think, that it is a very important feature for many people.

[dermitdemdino]

I also vote for the fact that you can delete the history without ending the chat.

[martin21]

I found a way using SQLiteBrowser. Completely at YOUR OWN RISK:

• Quit Dino.
• Make backup of database in (~/.local/share/dino/dino.db)
• View table messages. Find a message of the chat in question. Note the number for counterpart_id.
• Then in the SQL tab do SELECT * FROM message WHERE counterpart_id = SOMEID; and verify whether those are really the messages you like to remove.
• If sure: run DELETE FROM message WHERE counterpart_id = SOMEID;
• Run Dino again.

Dino may try to download the last messages from server again and may not be able to decrypt them if you use OMEMO encryption, but otherwise it appears to work.