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Leave or delete a group

Leaving only affects you; deleting affects the whole group. Both are at the very bottom of the group’s settings.

How it works

  1. “Leave group”: the group disappears from your list; for the others, everything stays as it is. You can join again at any time with the code. To be safe, you tap twice.

  2. “Delete group”: only the phone on which the group was created has this button, or one on which its backup with the delete key was read in. The first tap explains what happens; “Yes, delete for everyone” deletes the group for everyone.

    End of the settings with “Leave group” and the explanation of “Delete group”End of the settings with “Leave group” and the explanation of “Delete group”

  3. Deleted does not mean gone straight away: for 30 days you can bring the group back on the same phone with “Restore”, in the group list or in the group.

    Group list with the deleted group and the “Restore” buttonGroup list with the deleted group and the “Restore” button

  4. The others keep a readable copy. With “Remove from list” they take it off their list; before that, the app offers to export it.

Good to know: If nobody has opened the group for 24 months, the server deletes it by itself; then every member can restore it for 30 days. If you want to keep the entries, export the group first, see “Export and import”.
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