Remove iMessages on iPad ONLY

You don't want to turn off iMessage, you want to go to Messages>Send & Receive, and sign out of your Apple ID there.

Then check your iPad Storage to ensure that the data from those messages has been deleted: Settings>General>iPhone Storage>Messages. If you see a list of items (Conversations, Photos, Videos, GIFs & Stickers, and Other), and you see that they are still showing that they are taking up storage, tap on each one, then tap on Edit to delete whatever you wish to delete.

Cheers,

GB

I have this too. iPad low on memory and I have all the messages on the iPhone but I want to remove them off iPad

I don't trust Apple not to remove from my iPhone if I delete them off iPad while signed in.

If I turn off iMessage then the app immediately wants you to sign-in before you can access the old messages.

I am also facing same issue. I have around 600mb of messages saved on ipad which i want to delete. I turned off imessage but now when i click message on ipad it asks me to sign in. Setting still show 600 mb of messages (saved).

Please help.

No, I signed out of my Apple ID, and when I opened the Messages app, and clicked on Edit on the messages list, I was able to select Messages, and then select Delete. What, exactly is the message saying?

Cheers,

GB

Let me try it again. I don't think I had that issue. One moment.....

GB

OK, so what iOS are you running?

And do you still have a list of messages showing? If so, try turning on iMessage again in Settings (but don't sign in), and see if it will let you delete them. You can also try closing the Messages app by double-clicking the Home key and then swiping up on the Messages thumbnail.

Then open it again and see if it will let you delete them.

If it doesn't, then sign back in to Messages, delete the messages remaining in your Messages app, and then sign back out again.

Cheers,

GB

Well, based on that screenshot, it doesn't look like you had any actual messages remaining in your app on your iPad. Had you already deleted them?

If you did, then after closing the app as instructed above, if the memory consumption does not go down, then reset the device (nothing will be lost): Hold down the Home and Power buttons at the same time and continue to hold them down until the Apple appears (up to 30 seconds). Once the Lock screen displays, check to see if your storage has been recovered.

Cheers,

GB

Hi Andy - did you ever manage to resolve this? I’m having the exact same issue but my fear is that I’ll delete all my messages for good from my phone as well. Thanks.

Go to Settings>Messages>scroll down to Send & Receive, and sign out. You will also have to open the Messge app and delete the messages from there once you sign out.

Cheers,

GB