I’d like to be able to keep history forever but currently I am forced to specify a number. I tried to enter a very big number (e.g. 36500 to keep history for 100 years) but this is only possible in the desktop application. On Android, the maximum configurable number is 730 days (2 years is way too l…

I'd like this, too. What's the current behaviour though, does it sync history? Will history get deleted if I sync to my phone? :thinking:

I'm interested in this as well. Looking through the code, it appears this should be fairly simple to implement. Here , it should be possible to allow "0" as a valid option (since it won't conflict with the "revisionService.enabled" setting). Then somewhere around here , you should be able to add an…

I agree, it would be very sensible to offer an unlimited history retention option. The maximum appears to be 730 days on the iOS mobile app too. I'm guessing this number was derived from being 2x365 (i.e. two years) rather than being a hard technical limit? My plan for a workaround is to export a …

I guess the thing to do is take a .tar.gz of .config/joplin-desktop

I am considering switching from Standard Notes to Joplin, I just installed Joplin and registered here to comment that indeed I also would like to be able to keep my full note history. Do the Joplin maintainers accept PRs?

Changing the upper limit is easy, but the more difficult task would be to update the UI to change this on mobile. It's already almost unusable so if we increase the limit to 999999 for instance, it's going to be hard to get the slider working. But suggestions are welcome.

I would say either a new menu item (keep indefintely) that, when ticked, greys out the slider item. Or allow the value to be edited and use something like "-" in place of the number. Or just make a position below "1" with the infinity symbol.

Wouldn't it be better, at least in terms of accessibility, to replace the scrollbar with a simple text field to input the desired number? The current scrollbar is often unusable, e.g. by an older person who's got problems with precise finger presses, or when used on a very small display.

Changing the upper limit is easy, but the more difficult task would be to update the UI to change this on mobile. It's already almost unusable so if we increase the limit to 999999 for instance, it's going to be hard to get the slider working. But suggestions are welcome. I'm guessing that maybe …

Unlimited number of days for note history feature

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AdminByTheBay 19 August 2021 18:27 5

I don't believe that it has changed since last year, so keep in mind, note history is not included in the Jex backup/export.

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Unlimited number of days for note history feature

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