You can move old or unwanted conversations into your archives, mark all messages as read, or delete them from Google Messages.
Important: Some of these steps only work on Android 6.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
- Open Google Messages
.
- Touch and hold each conversation that you want to archive or delete.
- Archive: To put the selected conversations into your archives, tap Archive
. Archived conversations disappear from the Home screen, but you can still read them.
- Mark all as read: Tap More
Mark all as read.
- Delete: To delete the selected conversations from Google Messages, tap Delete
. If you use Google Messages as your default messaging app, deleted conversations will also be deleted from your device. If you delete a conversation or message, it cannot be recovered. This action is permanent.
- Archive: To put the selected conversations into your archives, tap Archive
Manage conversations
Manage messages in a conversation
- Open Google Messages
- Touch and hold a message within a conversation.
- Choose an option:
- Share on social media: Tap Share
.
- See more details: Tap Information
.
- Copy the message text: Tap Copy
.
- Forward a message to another person: Tap Forward
.
- Delete a message: Tap Delete
- Save an attachment, like a photo or sticker: Tap Save
.
- Share on social media: Tap Share
Put conversations back on the Home screen
You can move archived conversations back to your Home screen.
- Open Google Messages
- Tap More
- Touch and hold each conversation that you want to restore.
- Tap Unarchive
.
Note: If you send a message to an archived conversation, the conversation automatically returns to your Home screen.