If you own a MacBook and are unsure of how you can delete messages on your Macbook, this article is for you; as we will be explaining the basic steps you need to take to delete messages on your Macbook.
With the messaging app on your Macbook device, you can conveniently store, read, reply and delete messages on your Macbook as needed.
If there are messages and conversations you’d like to delete from your MacBook, you should read this article’s next section to learn how to do that.
How to Delete Messages on your Macbook
If you’d like to delete any message, including videos, audio, or images, from the messaging app on your Macbook, all you have to do is follow the instructions below, and you’d be able to delete messages on your Macbook.
You can follow the steps below to delete a single message on your Macbook.
- Open the messaging app on your Macbook and select a conversation.
- Then scroll and click on the message you want to delete and press delete in the transcript.
- Finally, press delete in the dialog to delete the message.
If you’d like to delete an entire conversation thread, you can achieve this by following the instructions below.
- Go to the messaging app on your MacBook and search for the conversation you’d like to delete.
- Then control-click and select delete.
If you need to delete multiple conversations simultaneously, you can control-click the conversations from the sidebar and then click on delete to delete them.
You can also learn How to Delete Text Messages on your iPhone.
How to Set How Long You can Delete Messages on your Macbook
If you’d like the messages on your Macbook to remove themselves after a specific time has elapsed automatically, you can achieve this by following the instructions below.
- Launch the messaging app on your MacBook and click on messages.
- Then click on settings and select general.
- Then click the keep messages popup menu, and select your preferred choice from the available options.
If you set any time frame different from forever, the messages on your message app will automatically be removed after the set time.
How to Delete Multiple Messages on Macbook
You can delete multiple messages on your Macbook by following the steps below.
- Go to the messaging app on your Mac and select a conversation.
- Then select all the messages you want to delete in the transcript and click delete.
- Then click delete in the dialog to delete the messages.
You can easily use these steps to delete as many messages as you deem fit simultaneously instead of repeatedly deleting single messages.
How to Delete Messages on Macbook Air
You can delete messages on your Macbook air by following the instructions below.
- On your Mac, open the messaging app and choose a conversation.
- Then select the message(s) you’d like to remove from the transcript and press delete.
- Then click delete in the dialog box to remove the message(s)
You can repeat these steps as many times as you deem fit and can also delete multiple messages at the same time using the steps.
How to Delete Conversations on your Macbook
Multiple messages are usually stored using conversation threads on the Macbook, and you can delete conversations on Macbook by following the steps below.
- On your MacBook, open the messaging app and look for the conversation you want to remove.
- Then control-click and press delete to remove the conversation.
- To delete multiple conversations, select the conversation from the sidebar and control click to delete them.
If you have followed the instructions above, you have been able to delete conversations successfully on your Macbook.
How to Delete Messages on your Macbook Without Deleting Them on iPhone
Your Macbook is typically synced to your iPhone and other apple devices, so if you perform an action like deleting messages on your Mac, the messages would also delete across compatible apple devices like your iPhone.
The solution to preventing this would be to disable messages on your iCloud. However, it is essential to note that disabling messages from syncing across your devices also means you’d be unable to see the messages on your MAC using your iPhone.
By following the instructions below, you can disable messages on iCloud using your MAC.
- Open the messaging app on your MacBook and click on messages.
- Then click on settings and select iMessage.
- Then uncheck the enable messages in the iCloud checkbox.
Once you have done this, the messages you delete on your Mac will not reflect on your iPhone and other synced devices.
How to Delete Message App on MAC
The messaging app is part of the pre-installed application on your macOS, so it is impossible to delete them from your MacBook. However, it is possible to delete individual messages and conversations on the app.
The messages that can be deleted range from texts to audio, videos, and any other form of content and attachment.
Does Deleting Messages from MAC Delete from iPhone?
Yes, because typically, your MAC is synced to your iPhone and any other apple device like the iPad and iWatch, any action you perform on your MAC, such as deleting messages, would automatically reflect on your iPhone.
However, if this is not a feature you want for your messages, you can go to the messaging app on your MAC and uncheck the enable message in the iCloud option.
However, it is essential to note that unchecking the option to send messages to your iCloud would not only affect deleting messages but affect receiving and sending as well, as messages received on your MAC would not reflect on your iPhone.
How to Delete All Messages on your MAC
If you’d like to delete all the messages on your MacBook, you can achieve this by simultaneously deleting all the conversations on your message app, and you can do this by following the instructions below.
- Launch the messaging app on your Macbook.
- Then select all the conversations from the sidebar, control-click, and select delete to delete them.
If you have followed the basic steps above, you have been able to delete all the messages on your Macbook successfully.
Conclusion:
This article has explained how to delete messages on your Macbook, and we also looked at how to prevent deleted messages on your MAC from reflecting on the iPhone.