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Archive, delete & read conversations in Google Messages

You can move old or unwanted conversations into your archives, mark all messages as read, or delete them from Google Messages.

Important: Some of these steps only work on Android 6.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
  1. Open Google Messages .
  2. Touch and hold each conversation that you want to archive or delete.
    • Archive: To put the selected conversations into your archives, tap Archive Archive. Archived conversations disappear from the Home screen, but you can still read them.
    • Mark all as read: Tap More More and then Mark all as read.
    • Delete: To delete the selected conversations from Google Messages, tap Delete Delete. If you use Google Messages as your default messaging app, deleted conversations will also be deleted from your device. If you delete a conversation or message, it cannot be recovered. This action is permanent.

Manage conversations

Manage messages in a conversation
  1. Open Google Messages .
  2. Touch and hold a message within a conversation. 
  3. Choose an option:
    • Share on social media: Tap Share Share.
    • See more details: Tap Information Information.
    • Copy the message text: Tap Copy Copy.
    • Forward a message to another person: Tap Forward Forward.
    • Delete a message: Tap Delete Delete.
    • Save an attachment, like a photo or sticker: Tap Save Save.
Put conversations back on the Home screen

You can move archived conversations back to your Home screen.

  1. Open Google Messages .
  2. Tap More More and then Archived.
  3. Touch and hold each conversation that you want to restore.
  4. Tap Unarchive Unarchive.

Note: If you send a message to an archived conversation, the conversation automatically returns to your Home screen.

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