How Do I Delete Messages from my Message Centre?

[+Cleo1]

It would appear that my Message Centre is getting rather cluttered with old useless messages. Is there a way to clean up this area and keep only current messages? Thanks Cleo1

[RuideAlmeida]

If you started the messages, you can delete all the conversation, clicking on the trash bin on the right. If you received the first message, you can only Hide the conversation, selecting that option on the circle with three dots on the right of the username.

[+Goldenwattle]

12 hours ago, RuideAlmeida said:

If you started the messages, you can delete all the conversation, clicking on the trash bin on the right. If you received the first message, you can only Hide the conversation, selecting that option on the circle with three dots on the right of the username.

Does that include the messages in the other person's message list too?

Edited March 24 by Goldenwattle

[+arisoft]

11 hours ago, Goldenwattle said:

Does that include the messages in the other person's bin too?

 

Of course not. Why it should disappear? It is practically impossible to eliminate because the message has been send also by email.

[+Goldenwattle]

16 minutes ago, arisoft said:

Why it should disappear? It is practically impossible to eliminate because the message has been send also by email.

If I kept all email, I would never find anything. That's why I like the messages. I can see if I have contacted them before, or they have contact me, and how the message went.

 

17 minutes ago, arisoft said:

bin

That was a mistake.

[+arisoft]

1 hour ago, Goldenwattle said:

If I kept all email, I would never find anything.

 

Interesting, My email can find any word from messages with a simple command.

 

Browsing the MC is frustrating. I have saved all messages from year 2016. About 20000 messages per year.

[+Goldenwattle]

1 hour ago, arisoft said:

My email can find any word from messages with a simple command.

My email can't.

[+brekkcaching123]

You can delete it if you started the conversation. If you received the first message in the conversation, you can click "hide" or "block" and it will hide the conversation.

[+brekkcaching123]

On 3/24/2025 at 8:13 AM, Goldenwattle said:

My email can't.

On a computer just click Ctrl+F and you can type in something and it will find it

[+Goldenwattle]

6 hours ago, brekkcaching123 said:

On a computer just click Ctrl+F and you can type in something and it will find it

Of course I know about Ctrl+F. But as said, doesn't work.

[+JL_HSTRE]

On 3/24/2025 at 9:04 AM, arisoft said:

I have saved all messages from year 2016. About 20,000 messages per year.

 

You're quite the chatty one!

 

[+JL_HSTRE]

On 3/30/2025 at 4:57 PM, brekkcaching123 said:

On a computer just click Ctrl+F and you can type in something and it will find it

 

That only works within a document. Or you can search on your computer by file name.

 

Some inbox search functions are pretty good but others are rather spotty (Outlook).

[+GeoElmo6000]

On 3/24/2025 at 7:33 AM, Goldenwattle said:

If I kept all email, I would never find anything. That's why I like the messages. I can see if I have contacted them before, or they have contact me, and how the message went.

 

I love the MC for the same reasons as you, but don't tell anyone, this forum isn't too MC friendly.  My last GIFF entry, which involved geocachers from 30 countries speaking in 30 different languages, was organized completely through the MC.  I sent blind messages to geocachers I'd never met in their language and in English asking if they'd work with me on my film entry, and I had a lot of success.  It's also interesting when someone messages you (or vice versa) and you realize you'd messaged about something years before.

 

Per the OP's question, I just leave my messages as is, as I never know when I'll want to go back and find something.  Without having to store and search through thousands of emails.