How do I delete Messages from my iPhone but not my Mac?
Select an entire conversation thread from the left-side of your Message App window. Then, hold down the Option+Command keys and press the delete key. It deletes the conversation that you’ve currently selected. If you keep pressing Option+Command and again press the delete key, it removes the next entire conversation.
How do I delete Messages from iPhone but not iCloud?
How to delete messages from iCloud
- In a message conversation, touch and hold the message bubble or attachment that you want to delete.
- Tap More.
- Tap Bin , then tap Delete Message. If you want to delete all messages in the thread, tap Delete All in the top left-hand corner. Then tap Delete Conversation.
How do you permanently delete iPhone Messages?
The safest, easiest, and fastest way of getting rid of messages from your iPhone is to simply delete entire conversations with a given contact. Just go to the conversation you want to delete, swipe to the left, and then tap on the red button which says “Delete.”
Does deleting an iMessage delete it from all devices?
With Messages in iCloud, when you delete a message, attachment, or conversation on one device, it deletes from all of your devices. Once you delete a message, you can’t get it back. If you don’t need to keep your conversations up to date across your devices, you can turn off the Messages in iCloud feature.
Why won’t my Mac let me delete Messages?
Try this instead. Open Messages and click Messages > Preferences, look for the option to “Save history when conversations are closed” and make sure that this is unchecked. Let us know if this works for you.
How do you delete iMessage so the person can’t see it?
Open the Messages app and tap the “Edit” button in the corner. Locate the SMS thread you want to remove and tap the little red (-) button, then tap the “Delete” button to remove all messages and correspondence with that person. Repeat as necessary for other contacts.
Does deleting a message on iMessage delete it from all devices?
How do I make sure my text messages are permanently deleted?
Unfortunately, Android Messages doesn’t allow for multiple messages to be deleted this way at once. Instead, you’ll need to long-press one message, then tap the other messages and hit the trash can icon.
How do I delete Messages from my iPhone and Apple Watch at the same time?
It is not possible to bulk delete Messages conversations on Apple Watch. Message deletion is not synced across Apple Watch and iPhone (and there is no way to enable this). Messages instead need to be deleted separately on each device.
How do I quickly delete iMessages from my Mac?
Press Option + Command + K, or you can right-click on an empty space in a conversation window and select the Clear Chat Transcript option. You can do this for each conversation on you Mac or Macbook to quickly delete all of the iMessages.
How do I delete the messages app on my Mac?
To do this, click Messages > Preferences from the menu bar at the top of your Mac’s screen. In the Messages Preferences menu that appears, click the “iMessage” tab. To completely disable the Messages app, click the “Sign Out” button next to your Apple ID under the “Settings” tab.