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- 📤 Send and reply to messages
- Add 📷 photos, 🎥 videos, 🎵 audios and 📄 files
- 📍 Share your location
- ℹ️ Message info (sent, received, read and when)
- 🌟 Options with a message
- ➡️ Forward and share messages
- ✏️ Unsend and edit messages
❌ Delete messages
- 🔧 Format your messages (Markdown)
- 👤 Mention someone in a message
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❌ Delete messages
You can delete one or more messages on your device and on those of all participants in the discussion.
- Deleted messages will never be recoverable.
Delete a message
iPhone iPad
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Tap the message to display its options.
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Tap Delete.
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Confirm or Cancel the deletion.
Choose Delete for all users to delete it for all participants.
Android
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Press the message or next to and outside the message bubble to display its options.
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Tap Delete.
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Confirm or Cancel the deletion.
Choose Delete for all users to delete it for all participants.
Delete several messages
iPhone iPad
Available later. In the meantime, you can use the automatic deletion of messages.
Android
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Press next to and outside the message bubble.
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Select the messages you want to delete.
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Tap Delete.
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Confirm or Cancel the deletion.
Choose Delete for all to delete them from all participants in the discussion.
Delete an entire discussion
You can delete an entire discussion on your own device and on those of all participants.