How to Easily Delete Messages on Messenger from Phone and Computer

Are your messages clogging up your storage space and slowing down your devices? Learn how to quickly and easily delete your messages on Messenger on both your phone and computer!

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1 How to Delete Messenger Chats on a Computer

Follow these steps to delete Messenger chats on your computer:

Step 1 : Log in to your Facebook account and click on the Messenger icon .

Click on the Messenger icon

Step 2 : Select the conversation you want to delete, click on the 3-dot icon, and select the Open with Messenger button .

Click on the 3-dot icon, select the Open with Messenger button

Step 3 : A new interface will appear, click on the 3-dot symbol in the conversation you want to delete, and select the Delete conversation button .

Continue on the three-dot symbol in the conversation you want to delete, select the Delete conversation button

Step 4 : Finally, click on the Delete conversation button to complete the deletion process on Messenger.

Continue clicking the Delete chat button

2 How to Delete Messenger Messages on a Computer

Instead of deleting entire conversations, you can also delete specific messages within a conversation. Here’s how:

Step 1 : Open Messenger and go to the conversation containing the message you want to delete.

Go to Messenger, go to the conversation you want to delete the message

Step 2 : Place your mouse cursor on the message line you want to delete, and a 3-dot icon will appear.

Place the mouse pointer on the message line you want to delete, a 3-dot icon will appear

Step 3 : Select the Delete, remove button to delete the message line within the conversation.

Select the Delete, remove button to proceed with deleting the message line in the conversation

Step 4 : Facebook will ask for confirmation on how you want to delete the message line. You can choose to delete it only on your side or delete it for both you and the recipient. Then, press the Delete button to complete the process.

Press the Delete, remove button to complete the operation

3 How to Delete Messenger Chats on a Phone

To delete a Messenger conversation on your phone, follow these steps:

Step 1 : Open the Messenger app on your device and select the conversation you want to delete.

Go to the Messenger app on your device, then select the conversation you want to delete

Step 2 : Press and hold the conversation you want to delete to open the notification panel.

Press and hold on the conversation you want to delete to display the notification panel

Step 3 : Click on the Delete button to delete the conversation. Then, press the Delete button again to confirm the deletion.

Press the Delete button to confirm the operation

4 How to Delete Messenger Message Lines on a Phone

Deleting specific message lines in Messenger on your phone is also simple. Just follow these steps:

Step 1 : Open Messenger on your device and select the conversation containing the message line you want to delete.

Go to Messenger on your device, select the conversation for which you want to delete the message line

Step 2 : Press and hold the message line you want to delete to display the new interface.

Long press on the message line you want to delete, to bring up the new interface

Step 3 : Click on the Remove button at the bottom right of the interface.

Click the Remove button at the bottom right of the interface

Step 4 : Select the Undo button to delete the message line for both you and the recipient. That’s it!

Continue to select the Undo button to delete the message line

These are the steps to delete messages in Facebook’s Messenger application. We hope this guide has been helpful to you.