Rui C

Q: How can I delete FaceTime recent calls on OS X Yosemite?

How can I delete all FaceTime recent calls on OS X Yosemite?

 

Right clicking and removing one by one, only?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Dec 16, 2014 5:16 PM

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Q: How can I delete FaceTime recent calls on OS X Yosemite?

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  • by svbteacher,

    svbteacher svbteacher Oct 31, 2015 10:30 AM in response to parrils
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    Oct 31, 2015 10:30 AM in response to parrils

    had to do it 3 times before it "stuck". Looks like you just have to repeat a few times...for now...on my machine...

  • by 30 Years of Windows I gave up,

    30 Years of Windows I gave up 30 Years of Windows I gave up Dec 8, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Rui C
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    Dec 8, 2015 9:20 AM in response to Rui C

    Thank you very much!!!

  • by patdahat,

    patdahat patdahat Dec 9, 2015 1:41 PM in response to svbteacher
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    Dec 9, 2015 1:41 PM in response to svbteacher

    I am using the latest: OS X El Capitan 10.11.2. It does not appear that Apple has addressed this in providing a simple "delete all recent" option. Right-clicking did nothing and I had to delete (using the 'delete' keyboard option) all one-at-a-time, manually. Really, Apple???

  • by dmoser71,

    dmoser71 dmoser71 Dec 16, 2015 5:51 PM in response to patdahat
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    Dec 16, 2015 5:51 PM in response to patdahat

    I'm also using 10.11.2, and it took about 12 times of right-clicking on that tiny space beneath the search box and selecting "Remove All Recents" before my list was totally emptied. A few times, FaceTime went to 100% CPU and Console reported spin dumps being created. It seems like if you have a really large list, it isn't able to really remove all entries. That is probably why the control is hidden from view, it doesn't really work as Apple intended, yet.

  • by Lexus-OSX,

    Lexus-OSX Lexus-OSX Dec 29, 2015 2:59 PM in response to parrils
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    Dec 29, 2015 2:59 PM in response to parrils

    Close FaceTime Application


    Open Finder > Go > Go to folder :

    ~/Library/Application Support/CallHistoryDB


    remove all content:

    CallHistory.storedata

    CallHistory.storedata-shm

    CallHistory.storedata-wal


    Open FaceTime


    Done !


    Good Luck 

  • by MVICH,

    MVICH MVICH Dec 31, 2015 12:24 PM in response to patdahat
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    Dec 31, 2015 12:24 PM in response to patdahat

    Im sure you have figured this out by now but this is mainly for anyone like me who is new to using mac books and doesn't know how to delete a call from face time like I didn't so here is what I did. Highlight the name you want to delete from face time and push the delete button on your key board. Thats all problem solved.

  • by dmt1,

    dmt1 dmt1 Jan 8, 2016 5:45 AM in response to parrils
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    Jan 8, 2016 5:45 AM in response to parrils

    Same here

  • by dmt1,

    dmt1 dmt1 Jan 8, 2016 5:47 AM in response to dmoser71
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    Jan 8, 2016 5:47 AM in response to dmoser71

    I am using El Captan, and so far I have not managed to repeat this command 12 times to see what happens because the little blue "remove all" box no longer appears.

  • by dmt1,

    dmt1 dmt1 Jan 8, 2016 5:53 AM in response to svbteacher
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    Jan 8, 2016 5:53 AM in response to svbteacher

    The Apple Help menus says:


    "You can clear the lists of FaceTime video and audio calls you made or received. Click Video or Audio. Control-click the blank portion of the call list, then click “Remove all Recents.”
 This clears the list you’re viewing.


    In fact I find that control-clicking the “blank portion of the call list” (a rather unspecific location) only occasionally reveals the “remove all recents” option. Mostly, nothing happens. (This is in El Capitan 10.11.2)

  • by Peter Lyons1,

    Peter Lyons1 Peter Lyons1 Jan 24, 2016 11:59 PM in response to dmt1
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    Jan 24, 2016 11:59 PM in response to dmt1

    I ran across this when I turned on iCloud on a new El Capitan machine and it pulled FaceTime calls from my phone.

     

    I also clicked and clicked and could not get the "remove all recents" to appear. My recent calls was completely full and there was no space.

     

    Scrolling the mouse up and down, I noticed if I pushed it up to the top, it would expand the space between the search window and the call list.

    Now it's a little tricky, but it works consistently.

    - Push the scroll bar all the way to the top. When you do, you will see the space between below the search window get a little bit bigger.

    - At the same time you have the scroll bar pushed up, Control+Click in the space and "Remove all Recents" will appear and the box will be highlighted. (I'm using a touch pad, if you're using a mouse, you can right click but you have to pretty fast, so a control click might work better)

    - select remove all recents

    If they come back, I found that it was not the ones I deleted that came back, but rather just additional calls. For me, it was 4 screens before I finally got to the end of the call list.

    Screen Shot 2016-01-25 at 1.47.50 AM.png

  • by rberkovitz,

    rberkovitz rberkovitz Jan 27, 2016 6:35 PM in response to Rui C
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    Jan 27, 2016 6:35 PM in response to Rui C

    Thanks for this answer!  worked great!

  • by ATRJR,

    ATRJR ATRJR Mar 7, 2016 3:28 PM in response to Peter Lyons1
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    Mar 7, 2016 3:28 PM in response to Peter Lyons1

    Running OSX El Capitan 10.11.3 on recent MacBook Pro.

         This worked!

         Thanks Peter Lyons1 for your clear description.  I had to use a mouse, the touch pad wouldn't do it.  I did it, quit Facetime and when I restarted Facetime the calls were all still there.  The second time it cleared them for good.

  • by MiamiC70,

    MiamiC70 MiamiC70 Mar 7, 2016 4:27 PM in response to ATRJR
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    Mar 7, 2016 4:27 PM in response to ATRJR

    WOW! Talk about counterintuitive and poor layout. They could not be bothered to add a button, a drop down or even a label so you know where to click.

  • by Tobe3444,

    Tobe3444 Tobe3444 Mar 28, 2016 1:20 PM in response to Rui C
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    Mar 28, 2016 1:20 PM in response to Rui C

    Thanks so much. Worked perfectly. I am very appreciative.

  • by Mister Bond,

    Mister Bond Mister Bond Apr 1, 2016 1:14 PM in response to Peter Lyons1
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    Apr 1, 2016 1:14 PM in response to Peter Lyons1

    Thank you for the picture.

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