How To Delete Conversations On Iphone 6

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Open your iPhone's Messages. Do this by tapping the white speech bubble on a green background icon. It should be on one of your Home screens.
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Select a conversation from the Messages menu. If you're already in a conversation, you can tap < in the top left corner of your screen to return to the Messages menu.
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Tap and hold a text you wish to delete. Press on the message you want to delete and hold it until a menu pops up.^[1]
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Select More . This should be an option in the pop-up menu at the bottom of the screen.^[2]
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Select each message if you wish to delete more. The one you selected initially will be selected by default. A blue checkmark will appear by any messages you select.^[3]
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Tap the trash can icon. This is in the bottom left corner of your screen.^[4]
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Tap Delete Message . Your selected message will be deleted immediately.
- If you're deleting multiple messages, this option will say something like Delete 5 Messages .
- You can also click "Delete All" to delete the entire message thread.^[5]

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Open your iPhone's Messages. Do this by tapping the white speech bubble on a green background icon. It should be on one of your Home screens.
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Swipe left on a conversation you want to delete. Use your finger to swipe from right to left.^[6]
- A red trash can icon will appear.^[7]
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Tap the Delete button that appears. All data from the selected conversation will be deleted from your iPhone.^[8]
- If you downloaded any media from the conversation to your Camera Roll, it will still be stored there.

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Open your iPhone's messages. Do this by tapping the white speech bubble on a green background icon. It should be on one of your Home screens.
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Tap Edit . This is in the top left corner of the Messages screen.
- If you have a conversation open, tap < in the top left corner of the screen to return to the Messages menu.
- You can also press on two message threads at the same time. When you do that, you'll see circles pop up next to all of your message threads.^[9]
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Select each conversation you wish to delete. Tap on the circles to select each thread.^[10]
- You can also select all message threads quickly by holding down your finger on one of the blank circles and dragging your finger down in a straight line over the rest of the circles. All of the circles you swipe your finger down on will now be selected.^[11]
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Tap Delete . This is in the bottom right corner of your screen. Your selected messages should now be gone.

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How do you delete multiple conversations at once from an iPhone?

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Navigate to the homepage of your messages app, then use two fingers to press gently on two message threads at the same time. You'll see circles pop up next to all of your message threads. Click on the circles for the messages you wish to delete, or swipe down over the circles to quickly select several message threads at once. Once you've selected the messages you want to delete, press "Delete," located on the bottom right.
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How do you delete a whole conversation?

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How do you delete individual messages from an iPhone?

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First, open the specific message you want to delete and press on it with our finger. A small menu will appear. From there, click "More," then on the bottom left you'll see a trash can icon. Select that icon to delete any of the messages that have a blue checkmark to the left of them. You can also delete all the messages in that thread by selecting the "Delete All" button.
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Why should I delete messages on my iPhone?

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Will this delete every record of messages from all accounts?

No, it will not delete the messages from the iCloud. It will only delete the messages from the DEVICE only.
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Just click edit on your details, and choose what text you want to delete. Click DELETE!
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How can I delete the messages that are in my search storage?

On your Iphone, go into your messages and choose which ones you wish to remove. Hold the message and press delete when it appears.
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When I delete texts on my phone, will they also be deleted from the phone I sent them to?

No, unless that person deletes them too.
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How can I make sure the conversations stay deleted?

They will stay deleted if you delete them, but if you want to sop getting messeages from that person altogether, you must block them.

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If you only want to delete one message from your Messages app, you can swipe left over the message's bar and tap Delete to do so.
When selecting messages for deletion, you can tap Delete All in the top left corner of your screen to clear a conversation.
You can delete Digital Touch messages, pictures, videos, and attachments the same way you delete regular text messages.

Deleted text messages are usually irretrievable without using a restore point.

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1. Open Messages.
2. Open a conversation.
3. Tap and hold a text.
4. Select More....
5. Select each message you wish to delete.
6. Tap the trash can icon.
7. Tap Delete Message.

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