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I deleted all my gchats over 10 Years ago and it was the most freeing thing I did in my digital life.

I realized they were absolutely useless but carried a weird weight for me.

“What if I need something important from them?” Nope. If there’s something important then I can ask whomever again.

“What if I want to go through them?” Nope. Never even thought about it since I deleted them. Not even the first times I chatted with my now-wife.

Once I realized they were useless it helped me never save my WhatsApp messages and I turned on disappearing messages as soon as the feature appeared. I have another friend I’ve known for 20+ years, we set messages to 8 hours disappearing. If we miss a message or forget what we talked about, so be it.

It’s all so freeing, I never realized what a burden it could be, worrying about what if I lost something. I delete everything now except my photos which have more value.



This is interesting. I guess I have all of my Whatsapp and Facebook messenger chats saved and have never thought about it.

I have never even thought about this being a burden in any way.

It's interesting that people have such different perspectives on this.


Why do you keep them? Why don't you just delete them?


Why should I? They just sit there and don't bother me. Never even thought about them.




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