Is there a way of deleting multiple text messages in iOS4 on 3gs?

muchos04 · 22-09-2010 9:46am #1

Hi guys,

Is there a way of deleting multiple text messages in iOS4 on 3gs? I know people talk about clicking into the text messages and deleting conversations etc. but i simply talking about when you click the 'Messages' button and see the different texts, is there a way of selecting multiple texts for deletions? At present I seem only to be able to click 'edit which brings up a red ' - ' icon but i still have to delete them one at a time?? any help would be appreciated.

Regards

IamMetaldave · 22-09-2010 9:48am

Sorry.. My bad.. I miss posted.

guil · 22-09-2010 9:49am

Quicker way to do it is just swipe to the right but ya still have to delete one by one

whiterebel · 22-09-2010 10:35am

There's a little circle to the left of each individual message. Just tap on each to highlight the ones you want to delete, then click on the delete button.

dazedandlost · 22-09-2010 11:14am

whiterebel wrote: »

There's a little circle to the left of each individual message. Just tap on each to highlight the ones you want to delete, then click on the delete button.

That is only for emails...

vinnycoyne · 22-09-2010 11:20am

dazedandlost wrote: »

That is only for emails...

No it's not!

NothingMan · 22-09-2010 11:22am

Whiterebel is correct. Click edit then tap the circle beside the ones ya wanna get rid of and delete them all together. Same as email.

dazedandlost · 22-09-2010 12:27pm

NothingMan wrote: »

Whiterebel is correct. Click edit then tap the circle beside the ones ya wanna get rid of and delete them all together. Same as email.

It is different to emails, in emails you can slect all the ones you want to delet and then selct delete, in SMS you still need to do it one by one...:D:D:D

whiterebel · 22-09-2010 12:32pm

dazedandlost wrote: »

It is different to emails, in emails you can slect all the ones you want to delet and then selct delete, in SMS you still need to do it one by one...:D:D:D

Its not, you know....

muchos04 · 22-09-2010 12:33pm

I agree with dazedandlost. See my original post

abouttobebanned · 22-09-2010 12:33pm

It is ya know...

whiterebel · 22-09-2010 12:38pm

muchos04 wrote: »

I agree with dazedandlost. See my original post

I have. Unless you are talking about deleting multiple threads rather than texts? When I go into message I see threads of texts from various people. I can either wipe the whole thread by swiping right, or go into the thread by clicking on the last message.

NothingMan · 22-09-2010 12:39pm

dazedandlost wrote: »

It is different to emails, in emails you can slect all the ones you want to delet and then selct delete, in SMS you still need to do it one by one...:D:D:D

Not on my phone. I go into a conversation with and hit edit and the circle is beside all the bubbles to tick as you need. Then delete all together.

whiterebel · 22-09-2010 12:40pm

whiterebel wrote: »

Its not, you know....

I don't know what phone or version you're on, but i can do exactly that on an non-jailbroken 3G and iPhone 4?

muchos04 · 22-09-2010 12:44pm

I am talking about when you click the green message button and the first thing you see is each name of each person. How do you select the different names(numbers) and delete?

I understand that you can delete multiple conversations between the user and one recipient but not texts from different people.

whiterebel · 22-09-2010 12:47pm

muchos04 wrote: »

I am talking about when you click the green message button and the first thing you see is each name of each person. How do you select the different names(numbers) and delete?

I understand that you can delete multiple conversations between the user and one recipient but not texts from different people.

Swipe across the message/name and that will get rid off all messages in that thread.

Ok, I saw you edited and changed the end of your last post. The way apple have done it is to organise texts from the same person into threads. So, the short answer now, is no, you cannot delete multiple "threads" at the same time.

dazedandlost · 22-09-2010 1:30pm

NothingMan wrote: »

Not on my phone. I go into a conversation with and hit edit and the circle is beside all the bubbles to tick as you need. Then delete all together.

Yes you can delete bubbles in multiple but on the home SMS screen, you cannot delete Conversaiotns in bulk...

muchos04 · 22-09-2010 1:35pm

cheers guys,

I think i've got it now!

Regards

Is there a way of deleting multiple text messages in iOS4 on 3gs?

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