How to delete all text messages from Apple Watch when they are deleted from my iPhone?

Hi

Message deletion is not synced across Apple Watch and iPhone (and there is no way to enable this).

Messages 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

Why would we want to do double the work? It isn't the easiest process to delete texts on your watch and some texts stay unread if you read them on your phone. This is a silly feature and should most definitely be an option. If I delete something from my phone, text or email wise, it should delete on my watch. Currently, I have to go through and read texts on both my watch and my phone and its 2017...I mean come on.

KKromer wrote:

I don’t understand why this is not on Apple’s radar. Deleting texts on the Apple Watch is the most frustrating thing about it.

Be sure to submit your feedback to Apple via the link in my previous reply.

I'm afraid that no-one here can tell you anything about Apple's unannounced plans for Apple Watch features (this is a user-based technical support community).

KRaser1 wrote:

I couldn’t agree more. I hate that texts react differently than emails and can’t understand the reasoning. It’s so annoying.

If you're using an IMAP server for your email, the server is the one true source and everything else is kept in sync with that. If you happen to be using POP3, you'd see the same thing as you're seeing with messages. There is no one true source.

I don’t understand why this is not on Apple’s radar. Deleting texts on the Apple Watch is the most frustrating thing about it.

The dumbest thing ever. Should be an erase all at least. Plus it should syncs with you erasing it on your phone. One of the reasons I don’t wear the dumb thing.

Then be sure to submit your feedback to Apple:

Feedback - Apple Watch - Apple

(Note that you are not talking to Apple here - this is a user-based technical support community).

Okay, my watch AND iPhone are mirroring all text actions at the same time. I actually wish this was not the case. Is there a way to have the watch text and have the phone keep the texts unopened?

I couldn’t agree more. I hate that texts react differently than emails and can’t understand the reasoning. It’s so annoying.

Be sure to submit your feedback to Apple via the link in my previous replies.

I agree. This is so silly.