How to Delete All DMs on Snapchat

Have you ever sent a message on Snapchat that you instantly regretted? Or maybe you accidentally sent something to the wrong person? Fear not. You no longer have to stress about what to do in these situations. Snapchat lets you delete conversations and remove certain chats.

The article will explain how to remove conversations on Snapchat, even before the person reads them, and how to delete specific or saved messages.

Deleting a Snapchat Message

You may want to delete a certain message in a Snapchat conversation without losing the rest of the conversation. If so, you’ll be pleased to learn that it’s most definitely possible. Better still, it’s a breeze.

Here’s what you need to do:

1. Go to Snapchat.
   
2. Tap on the Chat icon situated by the bottom, left corner of your screen.
   
3. Go into the appropriate conversation that contains the message you’d like to delete.
   
4. Press and hold the message you’d like to delete.
   
5. Select Delete on the menu that pops up.
   
6. Press Delete again to finalize the action.
   

Clearing All DMs on Snapchat Manually and Automatically

If you’d like to remove all your conversations on Snapchat instead of just a single and specific message, you can do so manually and automatically. It’s important to note that this method will not remove the saved chats in Snapchat.

Manually

To clear all your Snapchat DMs manually, do the following:

1. Navigate to Snapchat.
   
2. Click on your Bitmoji at the top, left corner to open your profile.
   
3. Tap on the gear icon at the top, right corner.
   
4. Select Clear Data under the Privacy Controls section.
   
5. Click on Clear Conversations. This will show you all your conversations on Snapchat.
   
6. Tap on the X symbol next to each person’s chat that you’d like to delete.
   

Automatically

If you prefer to remove your Snapchat conversations automatically without having to constantly erase them yourself, here’s what you need to do:

1. Launch the Snapchat app.
   
2. Go to the appropriate contact that you no longer want to keep chats with.
   
3. Tap Chat Settings from the menu list.
   
4. Tap the option Delete Chats.
   
5. Choose either option After viewing or 24 Hours after Viewing to erase the messages once it’s been opened.
   

Deleting a Saved Message on Snapchat

When you save a specific message in a Snapchat conversation, the background of that message turns grey. When conversations are deleted in Snapchat, the grey, saved messages don’t get removed. If you’d like to delete a saved message, you’ll need to unsave each one individually.

Here’s how:

1. Go to the appropriate chat that contains the saved message you’d like to delete.
   
2. Press and hold the specific saved message.
   
3. Click on Unsave in Chat from the pop-up menu that appears.
   
4. Exit the Snapchat app.
5. When you go into Snapchat again, the message will be automatically deleted.

If the message is still there, it’s probably because the other person hasn’t deleted it. In this case, the message won’t be removed until the other person unsaves it on their side. Additionally, if a saved message hasn’t been removed, you can tap on it and delete it provided that you’re the one who sent that message. If the other person sent it, the message will only be removed if they delete or unsave it.

Deleting Messages on Snapchat That Were Already Sent

Previously, the only way you could delete messages that you’ve already sent on Snapchat was by deleting your account. This needs to be done before the message is opened by the other person. However, this method doesn’t work anymore. Your Snapchat account still exists for 30 more days before it’s removed forever. So the receiver will most probably end up seeing the message anyway.

Fortunately, there’s no need to close your account since you can simply block the person and the sent message will automatically unsend.

Here’s what you need to do:

1. Navigate to Snapchat.
   
2. Use the search tool to look for the correct person whom you’d like the messages removed from.
   
3. Go into the chat and click the menu icon in the upper right corner.
   
4. Tap on the option to Block.
   
5. Finalize the action and give a reason on the window that pops up.

This method will only work successfully if the receiver of the message hasn’t already opened the message. Additionally, by blocking the person, you both get removed from each other’s Snapchat list. The only way to ever be friends on Snapchat again is if you both re-add each other after you unblock.

Removing Snapchat Stories

Other than removing DMs on Snapchat, you might add a picture or video to your Snapchat story accidentally and need to remove it. Additionally, you can choose to remove a Snapchat story if you don’t want all your contacts to see it.

To delete a Snapchat story, do the following:

1. Launch Snapchat on your device.
   
2. Select your Bitmoji at the upper-left corner of your screen.
   
3. Swipe to My Stories and select.
   
4. Click on the three-dot icon at the top, right corner once you’re in the story.
   
5. Tap the option Delete Snap.
6. Finalize the action by clicking Delete.

FAQs

If I end a chat on Snapchat, will the other person still have access to the chats?

Yes, clearing a chat simply means that you’ve chosen to remove it on your end. The chat will still exist for the other person within the allocated time. Additionally, the person can choose to save certain chats which will mean that the chats will stay in the conversation until that person decides to unsave them.

If I delete my Snapchat account, will all my messages disappear?

If you delete your Snapchat account, the messages will be removed on your side as you no longer have an account and won’t be able to see them anyway. However, the messages you’ve sent to others on Snapchat will still be visible. If someone saves your messages, they’ll remain until deleted or unsaved.

Why isn’t my Snapchat message removed after I’ve already unsaved it?

If the other person still has the message in the conversation saved, then the message won’t be removed until the other person unsaves it as well. However, if you were the sender of the message, you can also choose to delete it so that it gets removed on both sides. If the other person sent it, then it won’t disappear until they unsave or delete the message.

Snapchat Remover

There are many ways to ensure that an accidental message on Snapchat isn’t viewed or certain messages aren’t saved and kept in the chat for a long period. You can choose to delete a message or conversation, as well as set an automatic timer for messages to get deleted. It’s important to note that if a message was saved by the other person in the chat, it won’t get removed until they unsave it. Additionally, you can’t delete chats that are saved and sent by another person.

Have you ever tried to remove a message on Snapchat? If so, what methods did you use? Let us know in the comments section below.