--- title: Can I control history from the management console? description: Enabling local history means messages will be saved either on the in-use device's SD card or built-in data storage. Disabling local history means messages... --- [Skip to content](https://support.zello.com/zw/can-i-control-history-from-the-management-console#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [More support](https://support.zello.com/zw/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [![wordmark@2x](https://support.zello.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2024%20Trial%20series/wordmark@2x.png?width=92&height=16&name=wordmark@2x.png)](https://zello.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [More support](https://support.zello.com/zw/kb-tickets/new) - [Contact us](https://zello.com/contact/new-ticket/) [Contact us](https://zello.com/contact/new-ticket/) Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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On Android, this includes when messages are deleted; the voice storage size; and the image storage size.   If messages are deleted from a user's device unexpectedly, it's likely they're reaching their device's maximum storage limit. [Learn More. ](https://paidsupport.zello.com/hc/en-us/articles/26992351231757-Some-messages-were-deleted-from-my-history) ### Admins: Administer History Controls To administer controls around local device history for your network, follow the steps below:  1. Sign in to the management console at \[yournetworkname\].zellowork.com. 2. From the taskbar, select **Settings**. ![](https://support.zello.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/28617589131661-3.png) 3. Local history settings are administered on the basis of platform. If you'd like to administer changes on a wide-scale basis, consider searching for "history" in the search bar on the right. Alternatively, you can select the OS/device type from the menu and scroll down to that groups' **Local History** section.  **Tables can't be imported directly. Please insert an image of your table which can be found [here](https://2567349.hs-sites.com/zw/can-i-control-history-from-the-management-console?hsLang=en).** 4\. 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