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.
- Fake call detection requires:
- Android 12 or higher. Learn how to check your Android version.
- The apps Phone by Google, Contacts, and Google Messages are installed.
- In the Google Messages app, RCS must be turned on.
- Open Google Messages 👁 Image
. - 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.
- Archive: To put the selected conversations into your archives, tap Archive 👁 Archive
Manage conversations
- Open Google Messages 👁 Image
. - Touch and hold a message within a conversation.
- Choose an option:
You can move archived conversations back to your Home screen.
- Open Google Messages 👁 Image
. - Tap More 👁 More
👁 and then
Archived. - Touch and hold each conversation that you want to restore.
- 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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