By default, the chat is persistent.This means that the room content will be kept for a while.User joining will see messages posted before their arrival.
You can change the persistence behaviour.[Open the chat dropdown menu](/peertube-plugin-livechat/documentation/user/viewers), and click on "Configure".
![Fullscreen chat screenshotScreenshot of the dropdown menu at the top of the chat. Several entries are available.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/fullscretop_menu.png?classes=shadow,border&height=200px "Chat menu")
![Screenshot of the dropdown menu at the top of the chat. Several entries are available.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/top_menu.png?classes=shadow,border&height=200px "Chat menu")
If you want to delete the chat content, [open the chat dropdown menu](/peertube-plugin-livechat/documentation/user/viewers), then click on "Destroy".A popup will open, asking a confirmation.
The chat will be automatically recreated each time someone tries to join it as long as the video exists, and has the "{{% livechat_label use_chat %}}" feature activated.
![Fullscreen chat screenshotScreenshot of the channel options page, with some fields to configure the bot commands.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/fullscreenbot_commands.png?classes=shadow,border&height=2400px "Commands configuration")
![Screenshot of the channel options page, with some fields to configure the bot commands.](/peertube-plugin-livechat/images/bot_commands.png?classes=shadow,border&height=400px "Commands configuration")