Q&A for How to Delete Text Messages From an iPhone

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.

Navigate to the homepage of your messages app and use your finger to swipe from right to left. A red trash can will appear. Click on it to delete the entire conversation you selected.

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.

You may want to delete messages for a number of reasons, such as privacy concerns, to clear storage space, or to otherwise reduce clutter in the messages app.

No, it will not delete the messages from the iCloud. It will only delete the messages from the DEVICE only.

Just click edit on your details, and choose what text you want to delete. Click DELETE!

On your Iphone, go into your messages and choose which ones you wish to remove. Hold the message and press delete when it appears.

No, unless that person deletes them too.

You're great!

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

You can delete the history of the message on your phone, but you can't delete an already sent message on the receiver's phone. Once you click send, it's too late.

Click on "edit" (located in the top left corner), then click on the message that you want to delete. Finally, go to the bottom right corner and click delete.

No.

Press and hold the photo and press delete in the bottom left corner. You can also press edit and tap the one you wish to delete.

You click on the name. After that, you click on the arrow next to the name in the chat. Then you scroll down to the bottom and block the caller.

You can always delete the entire thread. Open the messages app and swipe left over the message thread you'd like to delete, then tap "Delete."

The only thing you can do is scroll up in your messages and manually select all of the messages that are older than a year. Hold down on a text, press "More," and then continue selecting the messages you want to delete.

Attempt to restore it from a back up, or try speaking with your carrier. These messages should be stored in your iCloud/iTunes backup. It is possible your carrier can access these, however they may require legal documentation to do so.

Delete it from your device, and then overwrite your iCloud backup.

Hold your finger on the text until some options appear over it and select the "Delete" button.