Messages older than 30 days are not deleted

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Messages older than 30 days are not deleted

In Messages, choose Settings, then General tab, then change Keep Messages from Forever to 30 Days. A popup appears saying: Delete Older Messages? This will permanently delete all text messages and message attachments from your device that are olde than 30 days. I choose Delete. But when I look at Messages on my iMac Pro desktop, I still see lots that are older than 30 days. Interestingly the messages older than 30 days have been deleted from associated iPhones and iPad. I did try restarting iMac but did not help.

iMac OS Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71)

iMac Pro

Posted on Jan 14, 2024 11:10 AM

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Maritime71

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May 5, 2024 9:23 AM in response to HeartsDelight

Selected 30 days in the iPhone settings to delete all messages, but they have not been deleted. Why?

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May 15, 2024 11:49 PM in response to matt_apple_user

I have this problem too and it’s driving me crazy! I have linked iPhone and iPad and deletion used to happen perfectly on both. Now it sometimes happens on iPhone, sometimes on the iPad but not necessarily on both. Apparently I have 11,000 messages saved on iCloud, and I’m sure that’s more than 30 days worth!

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Viraj_R

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May 17, 2024 6:04 AM in response to HeartsDelight

The same problem am seeing on my iPhone for the last 2 weeks. The messages over 1 year old are not getting deleted automatically.

I have posted question on the forum Messages older than 1 year not getting de… - Apple Community

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Apr 29, 2024 2:39 PM in response to HeartsDelight

This is also happening on my accounts as well including on my iPhone. Oddly enough, my iPad is removing messages older than 30 days but my MacBook and iPhone are not.

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Messages older than 30 days are not deleted

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