Instagram is mainly a photo-sharing app, but it also offers a private messaging feature. Learning how to delete Instagram messages can be beneficial if your Instagram inbox is flooded by tons of messages you don’t intend to keep.

This article will outline the steps to follow if you want to delete Instagram messages fast.

How To Delete Direct Messages on Android or iOS

If your Instagram inbox is almost filling up, follow the steps below to delete messages on your smartphone.

How To Delete an Entire Conversation

  • Open your Instagram app.Click on the paper-airplane button (at the top-right of your screen and above the stories). This will open your Instagram inbox.Swipe left on the conversation you intend to delete (or long-press for Androids).On the list of options that appear, select “Delete” to permanently delete the conversation.

The conversation will no longer appear in your direct messages list. However, the other person you were chatting with will still have access to the messages.

How To Delete Single Messages in a Chat

If you have sent a message by accident and don’t want the other person to see it, don’t panic. Instagram introduced the unsend feature that allows you as the user to unsend a message that the other person is yet to see.

Even if they’ve seen the message, you can still delete it using the unsend feature. The good thing about this method is that the messages you delete will disappear from your inbox and the other party’s inbox.

The only downside of this method is that you can only delete the messages you sent. You cannot delete messages from the other party.

Follow the procedure below to delete your messages in a chat:

  • Open your Instagram app.Click on the paper-airplane button (at the top-right of your screen and above the stories). This will open your Instagram inbox.Tap and open a conversation.Tap and hold a message you sent earlier.On the list of options that appear, select “Unsend.”

How To Delete Group Chat Messages on Instagram

To delete the entire group chat conversation on Instagram, follow the steps below:

  • Open your Instagram app.Click on the paper-airplane button to open direct messages.Under direct messages, tap and hold the group name (or swipe left for iPhones).On the list of options that appear, click on the delete option.

To delete your own individual group chat messages, follow the steps below:

  • Open your Instagram app.Click on the paper-airplane button to open direct messages.Tap and open the Instagram group chat.Tap and hold a message you sent earlier.On the list of options that appear, select “Unsend.”

Conclusion

You need to follow a few simple steps to delete messages on Instagram, as outlined in the article. Bear in mind that when you delete an entire conversation at once, the conversation will still appear to the other person included in the conversation.

The only messages which will disappear on your end and for other people in the conversation will be your own individual messages that you unsend.