How to Delete Messages on Facebook Messenger

How to Delete Messages on Facebook Messenger


Facebook launched the messenger on August 9, 2011. Now it is the second most popular IOS app all the time. 1.3 billion people use Facebook Messenger every month.


Let’s talk about how to delete messages on Facebook messenger


1. Login to your Facebook messenger

2. select a conversation you want to delete

3. Tab and hold the text you want to remove.

4. click or tab the remove option5. There is two option remove for your and remove for everyone.

Once you have selected the remove for everyone it will remove for both ends. This is important to keep in mind that remove for everyone option is only available for 10 minutes.


Another important thing is you can only delete or remove text from your profile. This process is not working for the page. So if you sent a text on any page inbox you are not eligible to delete the text.


Only one option you can use to delete a text on page inbox. If you use the Facebook app on your smartphone then you can do it.


Just select the profile where you want to delete a text. Now look at the top right there is an icon. Click or tap the icon and select “Delete Selected”.
Now you will see a delete button in all your text. Delete the text that you don’t want to see. Keep in mind this is deleted only for your end.

The desktop outlook and the messenger outlook is different. Fro desktop version you will see three-dot (…) Whenever you hover over your mouse on the text.


But for the messenger, all you have to do is tap and hold. It will come off with the option.


how to permanently delete Facebook messages


If you want to delete facebook messages permanently you have the opportunity. But it will delete all the messages from your end. There is no option to delete all the messages from both ends. If you want to delete all the messages it is very simple. all you have to do is delete the entire conversation.


There are some important factor you should keep in mind

Update your messenger

This is the first task for if you are using an older version of messenger then the interface will be different. So make sure you have the updated version of messenger


This is very easy to update your messenger. If you are a user of android visit play store and type messenger. Select Facebook messenger option and if you see the update button. Hit over the update button.


Why You need to delete messages on Facebook messenger

It could happen for various reason. You can delete your messages for wrong spelling, grammatical mistake, wrong text to wrong people or any others personal reason.

I hope all of you guys are able to delete Facebook messenger messages. If you have any question and you know any other ways to delete Facebook inbox, please share with us in the comment section.