How to Delete a Message in Discord on Android

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This wikiHow teaches you how to delete messages you’ve sent on Discord when you’re using an Android.

Quick Guide: Deleting Discord Messages on an Android Phone

  • To delete a message from a DM conversation, tap and hold the message, then select Delete .
  • To delete a message from a channel, tap and hold the message, then tap Delete .
  • You can only delete DMs and messages that you sent, not messages from others.
Method 1
Method 1 of 2:

Deleting Direct Messages

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    It’s the purple or blue icon with a white gamepad illustration. You’ll find it on your home screen or in the app drawer.
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    It’s at the top-left corner of the screen.
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    This section is where you’ll find all of your Direct Message conversations with friends.
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    A pop-up menu will appear.
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    This removes the message from the conversation.
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Method 2
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Deleting Messages in a Channel

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    It’s the purple or blue icon with a white gamepad illustration. You’ll find it on your home screen or in the app drawer.
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    This server should be the one that hosts the chat channel from which you want to delete a message.
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    This searches the channel for messages you’ve sent.
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    It will now open in a window called “Preview Chat.”
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    This message will now be removed from the channel.
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    When I delete a message in a DM, does it delete it for both parties? Or can the other person still see all the messages unless they delete it too?
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    Will they know that it was me that deleted a message on Discord?
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    In exactly the same way as messages, except pressing on the image itself does not work and you will have to long-press slightly above the image.
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