If you want to delete individual messages or an entire conversation from your Facebook account, find the appropriate section below and follow the steps.

Deleting a single message

  • Log into your Facebook account.
  • Select messages on the left side of the Facebook homepage.
  • Open the conversation containing the messages you’d like to delete.
  • Select the Actions Menu Gear, and then select Delete Messages…
  • Select the appropriate check boxes next to the message(s) you’d like to delete.
  • Select Delete.

Deleting an entire conversation

  • Log into your Facebook account.
  • Select messages on the left side of the Facebook homepage.
  • Open the conversation you’d like to delete.
  • Select the Actions Menu Gear, and then select Delete Conversation.

Users should be aware that when they delete a message or conversation, it is permanently erased and cannot be recovered.

These steps only remove a message or conversation from your account, not the one where the message was sent.

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