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    For what it’s worth, I deleted my accounts here in 2019, all of my chat content from that time appears to be present. I even have starred content still there. Commented Oct 21, 2025 at 19:04
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    @Snow I think what they're referring to is that said content is dissociated from the parent user and labelled only as "Anonymous", without any identifier stored - not even the user123456 that deleted users on a regular SE site would have - so there is no way to link previous abusive behaviour to a recreated chat user. Commented Oct 21, 2025 at 21:53
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    But self deletion shouldn’t result in disassociation? I went through self deletion of my accounts and my chat content remains. As far as I know, only SE staff can disassociate profiles and anonymise. I stand to be corrected however. Commented Oct 21, 2025 at 22:03
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    By the history, yes I do mean that all their past actions are no longer linked to their profile. For example, a user with several flagged messages, and currently serving a suspension, could delete their Stack Overflow account, recreate it and they would appear entirely new in chat; no flagged messages, no suspension, nothing. They rejoin with a completely clean sheet on chat. Commented Oct 22, 2025 at 7:50
  • @Snow That's likely because you posted 1,000+ messages in the past - users who post 1,000+ messages won't have their chat.SO or chat.MSE profile deleted if they remove their account on the corresponding sites. Commented Nov 27, 2025 at 17:40
  • @SonictheAnonymousHedgehog - seeing a lot of my old content still there makes me wish I could get it back and merged into my current account, but I know that’s outside the remit of what’s reasonably possible so I’m not about to push it. Commented Nov 27, 2025 at 20:12