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Q: How do I delete multiple conversations at once in messages?

Hello All:

 

I opened my messages app and was wanting to clean it up a bit. How do I delete multiple conversations at one time in messages on my mac?

 

I can delete them one at a time but that is super annoying.. is this possible?

 

thanks,

 

paul

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10), 15" MacBook Pro

Posted on Nov 26, 2014 12:14 PM

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Q: How do I delete multiple conversations at once in messages?

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Nov 27, 2014 12:47 PM in response to psquillace
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    Nov 27, 2014 12:47 PM in response to psquillace

    Hi,

     

    There is no Modifier key in this instance to be able to select multiple chats/Conversations in the list.

     

     

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    8:47 PM      Thursday; November 27, 2014

     

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  • by nick baccante,

    nick baccante nick baccante Jan 28, 2016 12:15 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Jan 28, 2016 12:15 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    this is a very annoying lack of a simple feature, can't understand why Apple is ignoring this

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jan 28, 2016 12:58 PM in response to nick baccante
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    Jan 28, 2016 12:58 PM in response to nick baccante

    hi,

     

    On the other hand some people use theirs for business and losing several threads with an accidental swipe could be disastrous.

    So could a child clicking away at a screen.

     

    Just because Apple have not changed anything since you might have used http://www.apple.com/feedback/messages.html does not mean they have ignored it.

    This process is slow to make changes and you never hear anything back either.

     

     

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    8:58 pm      Thursday; January 28, 2016

     

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  • by nick baccante,

    nick baccante nick baccante Jan 28, 2016 3:25 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Jan 28, 2016 3:25 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    thanks for the link to send Apple feedback, I wasn't aware that existed

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jan 29, 2016 12:14 PM in response to nick baccante
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    Jan 29, 2016 12:14 PM in response to nick baccante

    hi,

     

    Previously the Link in the Feedback page took you to the iChat one.

    (that one still does not list iChat 6 in Lion but has been updated at the same time)

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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    8:14 pm      Friday; January 29, 2016

     

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