How To Delete More Than One IMessage On Mac?

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Since its debut, iMessage has quickly become the most favored messaging app. It is neither limited on a network nor by any location, and you can use it to send free text messages to other Apple devices such as iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac computer. If you just got a new Mac device and plan to transfer one of your iMessages to the new one, then you may face some difficulties. Fortunately, here we give you tips on how to delete more than one iMessage on Mac at a time.

Delete more than one iMessage on Mac

Messages are an important part of a cell phone user. One cannot imagine a day without sending or receiving a message at least. Messages are private and contain confidential information sometimes. So, one should keep their messages on a safe device and store them securely.

iMessage is a great way to share thoughts and information through messages with enhanced end-to-end encryption. The best part of iMessage is a user can use this app on any Apple device. If you are a Mac user and loves texting with people, you probably use iMessage a lot.

iMessage is pretty convenient as it is a cross-platform service from apple that you can access from your Apple devices. However, you will often feel the need to delete some messages as they began to pile up, and you have difficulty finding an important conversation. But, manually deleting your iMessages one-by-one would take forever. Luckily, we are here to help you delete multiple iMessages from your Mac conveniently.

Enabling iMessage across devices

It is more convenient to manage your iMessages from your Mac than the mobile. We will show you how to login to iMessage from your Mac. You can follow the steps below for this:

  1. First, open the Messages app from the application folder.
    Sign in to iMessage
  2. Then switch to the iMessage tab from preference.
  3. Click on “Enable this account”. Later, click “Enable Messages in iCloud”.
  4. Choose “Sync Now” which will fetch your messages from our iOS device.
    Enable Messages in iCloud

Here you can check your messages and give a reply to them. Also, you can turn off this iMessage service anytime just by unchecking “Enable iMessage un iCloud”.

How to delete iMessage on Mac?

If you want to delete some of your messages from your Mac, then iMessage has got a simple way to delete them. You can use the following method to delete them:

  1. Open a conversation on your Mac about which one you would like to delete.
  2. Find your specific message(s) to delete, and right-click on it.
    Delete specific message
  3. Here you will find the delete option, press.
  4. Confirm to delete it.

Now, you also can also delete multiple messages at a time. You can do it either manually and automatically. You can use the following steps to do so,

  1. Open the messaging app and click on the conversation you want to delete.
  2. Go to “File” and select “Delete Conversation…” from the menu bar.
    Select Delete Conversation
  3. Give your confirmation to delete the conversation, and you are done.

And if you want to set a specific time interval to delete a conversation automatically, you can also do that. To do so, you go through the following steps:

  1. Open messaging app.
  2. Then go to preferences. Alternatively, you can select this shortcut (? +,).
  3. You can set here how long you would like to keep your messages for.
    Messages for a Selected Time
  4. Once you are done with setting time, you can relax as it will automatically delete all messages after a certain time.

Hopefully, it will help you better manage your iMessage conversations. It may take some time for you to get used to all the iMessage functions, but once you learn them properly, you will find it very convenient