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how to delete all text messages on watch

How to delete all text messages at once on the apple watch

iPhone 6

Posted on Jun 12, 2015 6:27 AM

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Posted on Oct 1, 2017 12:19 AM

Apple,


Please fix this. Deleting one by one is awful.

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Aug 17, 2017 6:50 AM in response to kat25a

It is possible to dismiss all notifications at once from within Notification Centre (but not messages from within the Messages app) by following the instructions here to clear all notifications:


See and respond to notifications


Messages conversations cannot be deleted in bulk from the Messages app on Apple Watch, nor is message deletion synced across Apple Watch and iPhone (and there is no way to enable this).


Messages conversations instead need to be deleted separately on each device.


The Mirror my iPhone setting for Apple Watch determines only how you are notified about new messages. If you choose Custom, for example, you can decide whether your watch shows alerts, whether sound and/or haptic alerts are provided and whether (including how many times) alerts are repeated when new messages are received.


To delete a Messages conversation on your Apple Watch:


  • Open the Messages app on your watch:
    • When viewing the time, go to the Home screen (by pressing once on the Digital Crown) > tap on the Messages app icon.
    • Or use Siri (eg "hey Siri, open Messages").
  • When viewing the conversation list, swipe left on the conversation that you wish to delete > tap Delete / Trash.


If you would like to send a feature request to Apple, then you can do so here:


https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html

Jun 12, 2015 6:55 AM in response to sl2248

You can only delete them individually, the whole conversation. Just swipe left on the contact's name, you'll get a trash option, tap on that and another trash option will come up, tap on that. And before you ask, that does not sync back to the phone. Those messages will still be there. Hopefully this will be made a little easier in the new watchOS.

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