How to Delete Your Messages Sent on Messenger in Group or Chat Easily

How many times have you mistakenly sent a message to the wrong person? Sometimes we tell a secret to whom we do not owe, we say something about another person or any other embarrassing situation that we wanted to save ourselves.

Well, if you did it on Facebook Messenger, congratulations! Because if the person has not seen the message and you have just sent it are you in time to delete it and here you will learn how to do it in a few steps.

Since when can group messages be deleted on Facebook?

Delete messages on Facebook Messenger is as new an option as marking messages as viewed. This function was implemented in the application thanks to the many requests from users due to its constant errors when sending messages.

How to delete messages from a Messenger group that have already been sent?

You have already made the mistake, the message that you should not send has already reached the group. You still have time to delete the message and you can do it both from your mobile device and from your computer. Nevertheless you must do it immediately or else you will lose the opportunity to delete it.

From your Android or iOS device

Delete a message from Messenger from a mobile device is quite simpleYou will only need to open your Facebook account in the Messenger application on your mobile and follow the instructions below.

Either an Android or iOS device the steps to delete the message are the same: First of all, we must go to the home screen of the Messenger application and enter the one where the message is from all the chats in our account.

To delete it, we press and hold the message on the screen and in the drop-down menu that appears select the trash can and touch the option of erase for all. If you do not have the application or do not want to install it on your mobile, there are methods to use Messenger without having to install it.

On your pc

The procedure from a computer is quite similar: we must log in to the browser at our Facebook account or on the Facebook Messenger page and search among the direct messages for the group where we want to delete the message. The rest of the procedure is the same with the difference that we must give in the message right click on it instead of leaving it pressed as in the mobile device.

Can I delete images too or is it just for messages?

You can delete both messages and files you have sent, but in the case of files, although these are deleted from the chat or group, all those who have downloaded the file will keep it.

Also, if you have exceeded the time limit to delete a message then you can only delete the message for yourself and the rest of users will be able to download the audios or videos of Messenger that you have sent at any time.

After how long is the maximum that a message can be deleted?

It has a time limit of less than 10 minutes after sending the message to be able to delete it for everyone. If you exceed that period of time, you can delete the message but only in your message box instead of also deleting the recipients of the message.

Can I delete the messages even if I am not the administrator?

Yes. Your messages sent from Facebook Messenger can be deleted by you even if you don’t have administrator rights. Of course as long as you meet the minimum time to do it.

You can delete any message or file that you have sent to all recipients through Facebook Messenger, either from a computer, Android or iOS device. only if you delete it in less than 10 minutes.

The most recommended is do not send secret messages or files through Facebook Messenger, however if you will and want an extra layer of security then you have the alternative of sending them through the secret conversations of Messenger.