edit-privileged-setting
and edit-room-retention-policy
:edit-privileged-setting
permission is requirededit-room-retention-policy
permission is requirededit-room-retention-policy
permission to channel owners - by default, it is assigned to Admins only.Enabled
to True
.Applies to
options to False
but set the global Enabled
option to True
.Retention Policy
in the Admin panel, under the Global Policy
section.True
for private groups, and to False
for all others.30
; to make the policy automatically delete all messages older than a year, enter 365
, etc.True
, pinned messages are not deleted. For example, when you pin a few messages with important links, these messages stay intact.True
, messages are not deleted, but files are. They are replaced by a simple File removed by automatic prune message. When used together with Exclude pinned messages, only unpinned files are deleted.Settings
screen of a channel, if you have the edit-room-retention-policy
permission.Automatically prune old messages
option has three states:Automatically prune old messages
to Enabled
, there are a few settings you can tweak to specify the new policy:30
; to make the policy automatically delete all messages older than a year, enter 365
, etc.