How to Delete Facebook Messenger Messages Automatically

Delete Facebook Messenger Messages

The world of social networks has made communicating something so simple that sometimes it scares. The problem with all this is that, sometimes, so many facilities put our privacy at risk with messages that we may even send years ago. To recover a bit of the saying “words are blown away”, today we are going to explain how you can make Facebook Messenger messages delete automatically .

How do I delete my Facebook Messenger messages?

The first thing you should know is how messages are deleted on Facebook Messenger . Depending on how many messages you want to delete, the process will change slightly. If you want to do it with a single message, it is as simple as:

  • From the Facebook Messenger app, press and hold that message.
  • In the drop-down select the option “More …”.
  • Click delete . If you choose “Delete for yourself” then, as the action itself mentions, only you will stop seeing this message. However, if you select “Cancel sending” both you and your interlocutor will stop seeing the message. Of course, that person will receive the alert “You have deleted this message.”

Another option is to delete the entire conversation with the user you were talking to. To do this, it is as simple as, from the app on your phone, in the list of conversations, swipe from right to left on that chat you want to delete. Then select delete and voila, conversation deleted.

If you want to do this process from the desktop version of Facebook Messenger , the processes are exactly the same but, with the difference that you will have to click on the three-point menu to access the option to “delete” messages or the conversation itself .

This would be the basic process to delete messages in Messenger but the truth is that, if you want to maintain your privacy in all chats, it can be quite tedious. So, below, we explain how you can do all this automatically.

Delete messages automatically on Facebook Messenger

As we mentioned a few lines ago, this process can be done in two different ways:

  • Temporary or “vanish” mode : using this option the messages will be deleted as soon as we leave the conversation with our friend.
  • Secret conversation : this alternative was already known for a long time in the web version. Here the messages will be deleted after finishing a timer that we will select.

The only drawback is that this process can only be done from the Messenger app for our phone. In other words, the process is not compatible with the web version of this service, not even with the new application that the company has developed for computers.

Activate temporary or vanish mode

To activate the temporary mode in any Messenger conversation, it is as simple as swiping up within this conversation (we recommend that it be a new conversation with that contact). A screen will automatically appear that explains what this mode consists of. Within this we are informed of:

  • Read messages will disappear automatically.
  • If either party takes a screenshot, a message will appear within the conversation notifying you.

Both users do not need to agree to start this temporary mode. With one swipe up on the conversation to start using it, this mode will be activated for both of you. Of course, the other person will see a curious animation in which several emojis fall from their screen to warn them that the vanish mode has been activated.

Activate a secret conversation

On the other hand, to open a secret conversation with a friend on Facebook Messenger we will only have to:

  • Click on the notebook icon in the upper right corner to start a new conversation.
  • Here, we will have to click again on the “Secret” menu in that corner.
  • Once here, any conversation we start will be done with the secret mode. We look for the person we want to talk to and click on their name.

Once inside this conversation, we must select the appropriate timer for the time we want our messages to remain visible. For this, it is as simple as clicking on the stopwatch button in the text bar at the bottom of the screen. Here we can choose timers that go from 5 seconds to 24 hours.

From now on, any message that we send in this chat will appear with a countdown that will indicate the time until it is deleted completely automatically.