Delete archived messages on Facebook

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You haven't completely removed messages on Facebook, but only filed them in the archive? This is how you can delete archived conversations and individual statements.

How to delete archived Facebook messages.
How to delete archived Facebook messages. © Stefan Emilius / Pixelio

What you need:

  • Facebook credentials
  • Internet
  • Pc

Has been with for a long time Facebook the possibility of archiving messages before you want to delete them or even restore them. Deleting archived Facebook messages isn't a major problem, however, and doesn't require any expert knowledge of the matter Internet or Social media. If you follow these instructions, you will be successful in a few steps and be able to delete archived messages without any problems.

View archived messages on Facebook

  1. Before you post messages at Facebook whether they are archived or not, you have to go to the Home page log in to the social network. Entering the registered on Facebook e-mail-Address plus the appropriate password in the corresponding fields in the upper right corner and confirming with a click on "Login" leads to the log-in.
  2. After successfully logging into your own Facebook section, it is very easy to call up the messages last received and sent, i.e. the mailbox. To do this, click on the speech bubble symbol. It is located in the middle of three symbols to the right of the Facebook lettering, which is located on the top left of the page.
  3. Then click on "Show all messages" to go to the mailbox, where you can also display and delete archived messages.

Delete all or part of the conversations

  1. Scroll all the way down and click "Archived" after "Show:" in the bottom left under the messages. All archived conversations are displayed.
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  2. Click on the name of the person with whom you exchanged the archived messages and the conversation will appear. To delete, click on the gear symbol with "Options" in the upper right corner and then on "Delete messages".
  3. Now you can decide whether you want to delete the entire conversation or individual messages. In the latter case, simply mark the boxes in front of the messages to be deleted and then click on "Delete marked". To delete the entire conversation, click "Delete All" and then click "Delete Conversation" to confirm.

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