You may want to turn off the [Community History Service](./about-the-community-history-service.md) to [protect community members' IP addresses](./about-the-community-history-service#how-chs-works.md) or when your computer runs out of storage space.
- Your community members can't receive messages that are older than 30 days.
- Your community members can no longer download the existing archives for historical messages.
## Turn off the Community History Service
=== "Desktop"
1. From the navigation sidebar, click your community.
1. On top of the channel sidebar, click your community logo, then expand the window and click **Edit Community**.
1. Scroll down and uncheck the **Community history service** box.
:::tip
Turning off the Community History service significantly reduces community members' experience. You can turn it on again by checking the **Community history service** box.
