As we reported last month, Signal is working behind the scenes to expand group management options. In the future, admins will be able to delete messages from other group members for everyone, and now it appears there’s even more to come: the ability to end groups for everyone.
The first hints can be found in Signal’s source code (GitHub commit c5b3a53), which add support in backups for groups that have been terminated. Until now, admins who wanted to end a group could only remove members or leave the group themselves while assigning a new admin.
In the updated code, Signal introduces a new system message type that records when a group has been terminated. This message appears only in group chats and cannot be modified by other members.
This indicates that group admins will be able to end Signal groups for everyone. Other group members will then see a notification that the group was ended by an admin. Since this is a group-level feature, it will be available on all platforms: Android, iOS, and Desktop.
Besides ending a Signal group, also delete all messages from phones?
So far, the source code does not provide further details. Notably, this feature is being developed alongside the ability to delete messages from other group members.
Technically, this could make it possible to also delete messages from everyone’s devices when ending a group. Whether this is actually Signal’s plan is not yet known, but it could be a useful optional feature.
Signal has not yet confirmed the new feature for admins to end groups. The feature is still in an early stage of development, so it may take some time before users can actually use it. As soon as there is more news, you will find it on our website and social media channels.
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