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This wikiHow teaches you how to delete individual messages sent from you in conversations on Skype for mobile and desktop. This process is different from deleting a Skype conversation. You can’t delete messages received from others, but if you delete messages sent from you, the other party will not see the content.
Steps
On the phone
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Open Skype. The app is blue with a white “S”. The main Skype page opens if you’re signed in.
- If you are not logged in, enter your phone number (or email address) and password to log in.
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Tap the Chats tab at the top of the screen.
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Select a conversation. Tap the conversation containing the message you want to delete.
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Go to the message you want to delete. You may need to scroll up to find if it’s an old message.
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Long press on the message. After a few seconds, a menu will pop up.
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Click Remove . This option is near the bottom of the pop-up menu.
- On Android, you need to tap Remove message here.
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Click Remove when prompted. The selected message is deleted from the conversation; that way, neither you nor the other chat member will see the message anymore.
- On Android, you need to tap YES here.
On the computer
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Open Skype. Click the blue icon with a white “S” to open Skype. If the account information is already saved, the Skype homepage will open.
- If you’re not signed in, enter your email address (or phone number) and Skype password to continue.
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Select a conversation. Click the contact or conversation in the left sidebar. The conversation will open.
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Go to the message you want to delete. Scroll through the conversation until you find the message you want to delete.
- Check to make sure this message was sent by you .
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Right click on the message. After you right click on the message, a menu will drop down.
- On Mac, you’ll need to click the three dots icon ⋮ to the right of the message.
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Click Remove near the bottom of the drop-down menu. The message will be deleted from the conversation; that way, neither you nor the other chat member will see the message anymore.
- If the Remove or Remove Message option is grayed out or not visible, you cannot delete the selected message.
On the web version
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Open the Skype Web website. Go to https://web.skype.com/ using a web browser on your computer. A list of Skype conversations opens if you’re signed in.
- If you’re not signed in to Skype, enter your Microsoft account email address and password before continuing.
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Select a conversation. Find and click the conversation containing the message you want to delete on the left side of the page.
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Find messages. Scroll up until you find the message to delete.
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Right click on the message. A menu will drop down.
- If the mouse you use doesn’t have a right mouse button, click the right mouse button, or click down with two fingers.
- If your computer uses a trackpad instead of a mouse, you can press down on the trackpad with two fingers, or tap the bottom right of the trackpad.
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Click the Remove Message option located in the drop-down menu. The message will be deleted from both you and the recipient’s Skype chat.
Advice
- If you receive an unwanted message from a certain Skype contact, you can delete or block them from your contacts.
Warning
- Deleted messages cannot be canceled, and deleted messages cannot be recovered.
- If you delete a message on your mobile device, it will still be visible on the desktop version of Skype (and vice versa). Sometimes, if you delete a message on your mobile device, it won’t be possible to delete it on your computer.
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