matrix-doc/docs/rooms/delete.md

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title: "Delete rooms"
date: 2021-08-03T20:30:00+02:00
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## Delete rooms and leave rooms

When leaving rooms, they no longer appear in the room list (left column). If the last person in the room leaves the room, the room is still in the archive for 7 days, but is then permanently deleted.

![Room settings with the selection Leave](/images/01_Leave_en.png "Room settings with the selection Leave")

As administrator, all room members should first be "kicked" (removed from the room), then the person is the last to leave the room and thus initiates the later deletion by the server.

!!! note
	Before you delete the room you can export the room history e.g. into a `.txt`, `.html` or `.json` file ..

	![export room history](/images/room_export_history.png)
Initial commit 2021-07-31 18:14:01 +00:00			`---`
			`title: "Delete rooms"`
update room pages 2021-08-05 15:28:22 +00:00			`date: 2021-08-03T20:30:00+02:00`
Initial commit 2021-07-31 18:14:01 +00:00			`---`

update room pages 2021-08-05 15:28:22 +00:00			`## Delete rooms and leave rooms`
Initial commit 2021-07-31 18:14:01 +00:00
			`When leaving rooms, they no longer appear in the room list (left column). If the last person in the room leaves the room, the room is still in the archive for 7 days, but is then permanently deleted.`

Add alt text for images 2021-08-06 10:47:37 +00:00			`![Room settings with the selection Leave](/images/01_Leave_en.png "Room settings with the selection Leave")`
Initial commit 2021-07-31 18:14:01 +00:00
update some outdated docs 2022-09-14 11:48:33 +00:00			`As administrator, all room members should first be "kicked" (removed from the room), then the person is the last to leave the room and thus initiates the later deletion by the server.`
Initial commit 2021-07-31 18:14:01 +00:00
update room docs (add history export notice) 2022-01-13 12:24:28 +00:00			`!!! note`
			Before you delete the room you can export the room history e.g. into a `.txt`, `.html` or `.json` file ..

			`![export room history](/images/room_export_history.png)`