Expiring messages do not include voice or video calls

Author: levickiCreated Jun 4, 2026Updated Sep 12, 2026

Using a supported version?

  • I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates.
  • I am using Signal-Desktop as provided by the Signal team, not a 3rd-party package.

Overall summary

As the title says, setting messages to expire in a chat or a group after say one day exipres and removes the messages without the trace, but any voice or video calls made over time remain in the chat or group forever and cannot be interacted with or removed individually — you can only delete whole chat which deletes everything from every device.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a group
  2. Add one or more participants
  3. Set message expiry to shortest period for testing
  4. Send some message
  5. Make a group call
  6. Wait until expiry time
  7. Observe that calls are not removed

Expected result

In my opinion those messages indicating when calls were made should also be removed, not remain if expiry time is set.

Actual result

They remain and can't be individually deleted without nuking the whole chat.

Screenshots

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Signal version

8.13.0

Operating system

Windows 10

Version of Signal on your phone

Not relevant

Link to debug log

No response

Source: signalapp/Signal-Desktop