Delete Text Messages From an iPhone

This article teaches you how to delete messages from the Messages app on an iPhone.

10 Second Summary

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.

Steps

Deleting Individual Text Messages

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Tap and hold a text you wish to delete.
  4. Select More. This should be an option in the pop-up menu at the bottom of the screen.
  5. Select each message you wish to delete. The one you selected initially will be selected by default.
  6. Tap the trash can icon. This is in the bottom left corner of your screen.
  7. 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.

Deleting a Single Conversation

  1. 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.
  2. Swipe left on a conversation you want to delete.
  3. Tap the Delete button that appears. All data from the selected conversation will be deleted from your iPhone.
    • If you downloaded any media from the conversation to your Camera Roll, it will still be stored there.

Deleting Multiple Conversations

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Select each conversation you wish to delete.
  4. Tap Delete. This is in the bottom right corner of your screen. Your selected messages should now be gone.

Tips

  • 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.

Warnings

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

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