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Re:Looking back at how Signal works by techntoke on Friday June 05, 2020 @11:26PM (#23436563)
No, I had removed the app from my mobile previously, not deleted my account. When I resynced, they had removed my account and the messages saved on my desktop disappeared.
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Re:Looking back at how Signal works by sadfklsjlkjwt on Saturday June 06, 2020 @03:31AM (#23437461)
That is the same thing. The messages were stored on your phone never on any "account". The desktop was only ever a mirror of the phone. This is explicitly how Signal works. WhatsApp works the same way.

If you did not delete the Signal directory on your phone then there should be some old backups with your messages there. These will be encrypted so you will need to original password to unencrypt them.

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