{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/621","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/621/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/621/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/621/events","html_url":"https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/621","id":127544699,"number":621,"title":"Deleted messages from mobile app does not sync","user":{"login":"shadysamir","id":532005,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/532005?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir","html_url":"https://github.com/shadysamir","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shadysamir/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2016-01-19T21:38:09Z","updated_at":"2016-01-26T14:16:55Z","closed_at":null,"body":"When I delete messages from the mobile app this doesnt get synced with the desktop app. I expected message deletion to be synced just like message sending."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/comments/175035463","html_url":"https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/621#issuecomment-175035463","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WhisperSystems/Signal-Desktop/issues/621","id":175035463,"user":{"login":"samlanning","id":3319932,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3319932?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning","html_url":"https://github.com/samlanning","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/samlanning/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-26T14:16:55Z","updated_at":"2016-01-26T14:16:55Z","body":"Conceptually it works like this, when someone sends a message to someone else's device, the sender encrypts the message for each of their own devices and for each of the recipient's devices, they then send each of these messages to signal's servers, where they either get sent on to the next device (if it is on and connected), or it waits until the device comes online, where after it can then get all messages it is yet to receive.\r\n\r\nTo prevent the server from storing copies of your messages to later be delivered to your desktop, you need to unlink your desktop using your phone. At that point, messages will only be delivered to the devices that are still linked.\r\n\r\nThis does not delete the existing messages on your desktop, they will remain, as @2-4601 pointed out.\r\n"}}