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How can one search for some text in one's deleted chat messages?
While there's no stock way to do this, it is possible to write code that downloads all the messages in a room, then goes through the ones which were authored by you and deleted. For those, you could ...
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How can one search for some text in one's deleted chat messages?
You can't.
There is no way to search deleted chat messages, especially if the history has been purged (since even employees with database access won't have access to it if it's been purged). Your only ...
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How can one see who deleted a chat message?
Your own screenshot shows who deleted the message. It looks like you have DarkReader or something similar enabled, though, which makes it much harder to see the text for some reason. Here's a ...
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Why is the "Last version before deletion" much shorter than the message I see in the "Message history" right before the deletion?
This has nothing to do with deletion. It's just how chat normally handles very long multi-line messages. The only difference caused by the deletion is that instead of "Current version" that ...
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Why was the decision made to develop Discussions from scratch instead of increasing the visibility, usability, and focus on chat?
Thank you, Sasha, for providing an answer.
Our current Chat tool does not easily facilitate extended lifespans of particular conversations, and previous conversations are often hard to find.
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