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Work · February 24, 2026

No Trace Chat

No Trace Chat is a private messaging app we built for people who want to chat without leaving a trace: no account, no phone number, no discovery—just a secret code (or QR) you share with someone. Messages are E2E encrypted and disappear after the other person reads them. How it works: you create or join a “room” with a 16+ character code (or scan a QR). Only people with that code can see the conversation. Keys are derived from the code on device; we never have the key. “Seen & delete” removes the message for everyone after it’s read. We added optional privacy levels (e.g. don’t save codes on…

No Trace Chat launched on February 24, 2026 with 3 votes, #3,487 of 16,628 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Private messaging with no trace: no account, no phone number. Share a secret code or QR—only they can open the chat. Messages are E2E encrypted and disappear after read ("seen & delete"). The code is the only key; we never have it. Optional privacy levels, screenshot blocking, no push notifications. For friends, family, and teams who want sensitive chats without a paper trail. Android and iOS; free + one-time unlock.

In the maker’s words, at launch

No Trace Chat is a private messaging app we built for people who want to chat without leaving a trace: no account, no phone number, no discovery—just a secret code (or QR) you share with someone. Messages are E2E encrypted and disappear after the other person reads them. How it works: you create or join a “room” with…

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