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What to Know
- Facebook.com: Select Messenger > See All in Messenger > any chat > hover the cursor over a message > three vertical dots > Remove.
- Messenger app: Open any chat, faucet and maintain a message, then choose Remove > Remove for You.
- Delete a dialog: Hover over it > choose the three horizontal dots > Delete Chat. The course of is completely different on Android and iOS.
This article consists of directions on how to delete messages from Messenger utilizing the Facebook web site and from the Messenger app.
How to Delete Messages on Facebook.com
Messenger retains all your messages in your inbox till you determine to delete them your self. You can delete particular person chat messages and whole conversations to assist clear up your inbox. The following directions present you ways to delete messages on Facebook.com.
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Select the Messenger button within the prime proper nook.
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Select See All in Messenger on the backside of the Messenger window.
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To delete a person chat message, choose a chat from the left column to open it within the middle chat window. Then hover your cursor over the message you need to delete. Three choices seem.
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Select the three vertical dots (More) adopted by Remove.
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Select Remove from the popup field to verify.
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Note
The message solely disappears out of your account. Anyone else within the chat can nonetheless see the message.
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To delete a complete dialog, hover your cursor over any chat within the left column and choose the three horizontal dots that seem.
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Select Delete Chat from the dropdown listing.
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Tip
Alternatively, choose Archive Chat to take away it out of your chats within the left column. To see chats you have hidden, choose the three horizontal dots on the prime of the column, adopted by Archived Chats.
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Select Delete Chat from the popup field to verify.
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How to Delete Messages on the Messenger App
The following steps present you ways to delete messages on the Messenger app for iOS or Android. They apply to each variations of the app, however screenshots are from the iOS app.
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To delete a person chat message, faucet the dialog to open the chat, then faucet and maintain your finger down on the person message.
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Tap Remove on the backside of the display.
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Tap Remove for You to verify.
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Any message you take away solely disappears from your personal Messenger account. (They’re nonetheless be seen to others concerned within the chat.) However, you may select Unsend for any message you have despatched, no matter how way back it was to take away it from others’ inboxes.
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To delete a complete dialog utilizing Messenger for Android, faucet and maintain your finger down on a dialog, then faucet Delete.
To delete a complete dialog utilizing Messenger for iOS, swipe left on a dialog, faucet More, then faucet Delete.
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If you are utilizing Messenger for iOS or Android, you may also choose Archive if you do not need to delete the dialog completely.
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Tap Delete to verify.
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Tip
Want to delete conversations in bulk? There’s at the moment no manner to choose a number of conversations to delete them unexpectedly on Facebook.com or within the app. However, it’s possible you’ll have the opportunity to get round this limitation with a third-party Chrome extension known as Fast Delete Messages.
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