From 0ad5125814dc18a79423740ac54f96e16a427758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard van der Hoff Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:05:42 +0000 Subject: Update purge_history_api.rst clarify that `purge_history` will not purge state --- docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst b/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst index ea2922da5c..2da833c827 100644 --- a/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst +++ b/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst @@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ including an ``access_token`` of a server admin. By default, events sent by local users are not deleted, as they may represent the only copies of this content in existence. (Events sent by remote users are -deleted, and room state data before the cutoff is always removed). +deleted.) -To delete local events as well, set ``delete_local_events`` in the body: +Room state data (such as joins, leaves, topic) is always preserved. + +To delete local message events as well, set ``delete_local_events`` in the body: .. code:: json -- cgit 1.4.1