How to delete one or all text messages on an iPhone

Although there are many applications that spare us the need for send SMS, however, they are used for several reasons. This may be the case for you and you want to know how to delete one or all of the messages you have on your iPhone to clean your iPhone mobile.

Therefore, to avoid the excessive number of messages or SMS, it is better to delete them directly. Most of the time we don't need to have SMS stored on our mobile. For this reason, it is best to clean the text message box directly. And if later you want to recover deleted text messages without backup, you can too.




Doing it is not complicated at all, a little below we will teach you step by step everything you need to know to be able to carry out this task. It is a very simple process, thanks to these methods in a few seconds you can delete one or all text messages on an iPhone.

A little further down, we will see two very easy to make tutorials with which you can learn in a few steps how to delete text messages on iPhone and also how to delete entire conversations. Then you will leave the SMS box completely clean.

We recommend that you follow this step-by-step tutorial so that you don't get lost and learn in minutes the two methods of having your inbox completely clean at all times.

How to delete one or all text messages on an iPhone

How to delete specific text messages on iPhone

  • To delete a specific text message within a conversation you will need to go to "Messages".
  • Then enter the conversation where the message you want to delete is located.
  • If you have iOS 6 or earlier you will need to press the button «Edit» located in the upper right corner of the screen. In case you have iOS 7 or later, all you have to do is hold the message until you see a new menu.
  • In that menu you will have to press where it says "Other" and you will see that a circle appears in each of the messages.
  • Press the circle next to each SMS you want to delete.
  • Once you have everything marked, you will need to click on the garbage can icon located at the bottom right of the screen.

How to delete one or all text messages on an iPhone




How to delete all text messages on iPhone

  • The first thing we will do is open "Messages".
  • You will now be in the list of SMS conversations.
  • Choose the conversation you want to delete. In iOS 6, if you swipe your finger from left to right, the function is displayed "Remove". In the case of iOS 7 onwards you will have to swipe your finger from right to left.
  • When you press the Delete button, the entire conversation will be deleted.

As you can see, that's enough easy to delete all messages from your iPhone, within minutes you will be able to delete specific messages or entire conversations from your mobile device.




The methods we used earlier delete all messages, but they don't disappear permanently. On many occasions with external applications they can be recovered in case you regret it or need an important SMS.

However, this method is the fastest and most effective. Remember that if you have any kind of doubt about it, you can leave it at the bottom, in the comments section and we will be happy to help you solve it.


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