How to DELETE PM messages ?

[MY63]

How odd it would be nice if we could delete individual messages I have had some interesting conversations via pm and would like them to remain here where I can find them easily.

[mrcharlie]

I deleted Inbox and Sent items separately. I can still see 2 pages of messages in my Inbox, despite it being "empty"

Messages in this PM system seem to be in a database type system and seem to stay visible after deletion until both the sender and the receiver delete them.

[reprieve]

My inbox was full and so I emptied the folder. I've had to do it in the past and all of the messages still appeared. But this time, it seems as if some of my sent messages are missing--I can see what other folks said to me but not how I replied--and in other threads some of my replies are still there but the other person's messages to me are erased! What gives? The PM system here is so confusing.

[reprieve]

How odd it would be nice if we could delete individual messages I have had some interesting conversations via pm and would like them to remain here where I can find them easily.

This. I really wish this could happen. My inbox wouldn't fill up if I could delete the messages I don't want to keep.

[Laura N]

My inbox was full and so I emptied the folder. I've had to do it in the past and all of the messages still appeared. But this time, it seems as if some of my sent messages are missing--I can see what other folks said to me but not how I replied--and in other threads some of my replies are still there but the other person's messages to me are erased! What gives? The PM system here is so confusing.

It keeps happening to me. I remember PMs I received, but I can't find them, I assume because the sender had to delete. And whenever I have to delete my own, which seems to be required every month or so, I lose some messages but continue to be able to view others. All randomly. Plus, new ones aren't necessarily at the top of the page, and sometimes not even on the first page.

I am starting to sympathize with my 90-year-old father's wariness towards the remote control on his cable television.

[alc3261]

How odd it would be nice if we could delete individual messages I have had some interesting conversations via pm and would like them to remain here where I can find them easily.

This. I really wish this could happen. My inbox wouldn't fill up if I could delete the messages I don't want to keep.

You can do this via the Tapatalk app.

[Chrissy]

Even with Tapatalk you can't delete older messages that you no longer want to keep. At least if you can, I haven't found a way to do this

[Tracy Lee]

Even with Tapatalk you can't delete older messages that you no longer want to keep. At least if you can, I haven't found a way to do this

I delete messages in Tapatalk all the time, only way to keep my messages cleared out. I press the message and hold and get an option to delete.

[Chrissy]

Thanks Tracy I will try deleting again, using that method to see if I can delete all of the old ones.
I can't remember if it even went back to my oldest ones, and gave me an opportunity to delete any6 of them.

[FredRydr]

I delete messages in Tapatalk all the time, only way to keep my messages cleared out. I press the message and hold and get an option to delete.

I'm unable to do this. iPhone6

Someone needs to maintain and properly set up the Geek forum's software.

Fred

[Crazyorange]

I delete messages in Tapatalk all the time, only way to keep my messages cleared out. I press the message and hold and get an option to delete.

I'm unable to do this. iPhone6

Someone needs to maintain and properly set up the Geek forum's software.

Fred

In the message inbox area....Try swiping the message to the left. You'll get an option to delete. I have iphone6 and tap talk allows me to delete messages.

[FredRydr]

In the message inbox area....Try swiping the message to the left. You'll get an option to delete. I have iphone6 and tap talk allows me to delete messages.

That's it! Thank you. And the deletion carries over to this forum? Nice workaround pending the fix to this forum. Much appreciated!!

Fred

[Crazyorange]

In the message inbox area....Try swiping the message to the left. You'll get an option to delete. I have iphone6 and tap talk allows me to delete messages.

That's it! Thank you. And the deletion carries over to this forum? Nice workaround pending the fix to this forum. Much appreciated!!

Fred

Yes it deletes the message in the forum. So much better than trying to delete through the forum.

[FredRydr]

Okay! Inbox and Sent box are empty, but empty threads are still listed. Is there a workaround to delete threads, too?

Fred

[Crazyorange]

Okay! Inbox and Sent box are empty, but empty threads are still listed. Is there a workaround to delete threads, too?

Fred

That I don't know.

[KKay]

I don't have internet on my cell phone, and I don't have Tap Talk or whatever that is. It let me delete some sent messages, which is strange. I cannot delete any inbox messages though. I don't want to delete them all, just some of them.

[Chrissy]

Okay! Inbox and Sent box are empty, but empty threads are still listed. Is there a workaround to delete threads, too?

Fred

Not that I have ever found. They seem to stay there forever, but aren't counted.

[penwash]

How odd it would be nice if we could delete individual messages I have had some interesting conversations via pm and would like them to remain here where I can find them easily.

What I did was to download the entire PMs into Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file which can be opened in spreadsheet programs like MS Excel or LibreOffice Calc (open source and free).

This way I never lose any conversations.

But I agree in general. I never quite get a feel of who the admins are in FPG.
If they are too busy with other stuff and don't have the time to upgrading the forum software, I'm sure members who are IT guys (such as myself) would be willing to contribute some time. But need the direction from the admins.