Unable to hide or delete all contacts on Signal Desktop

[systemrok]

Bug Description

I use Signal to communicate with two or three people but I see all my contacts (>1000) in the contact list. It's a privacy issue as well as increasing the chances I might send a message to the wrong person. Deleting a thousand contacts one at a time isn't feasible, and hiding the window isn't possible.

I know this is a duplicate of bugs #1845, #2510, and #3433 but it's been an ongoing issue with the desktop version for years now.

Steps to Reproduce

Unable to hide contacts, and too many contacts to manually delete one by one.

Platform Info

Signal Version: Signal Desktop 1.38.2

Operating System:

Windows

[EvanHahn-Signal]

As you mentioned, this is a duplicate, so I'm going to close. Let's move discussion there.

You might be able to archive your conversations as a workaround—that's what I do. That might not work for you, but figured I'd give a suggestion.