Although Instagram is primarily used to share pictures, it also provides its privately-owned messaging platform. Like most messaging platforms users, you have complete control over what messages are saved and which ones are deleted.
When your Inbox starts clogging up There are two options to erase the Instagram messages. You can delete all conversations, or delete messages that you’ve sent.
How do I remove a conversation from Instagram?
The steps to follow to remove a conversation from Instagram Direct
Step 1. First, launch the Instagram app on your device.
Step 2: In the event, you’re locked out, log back into the system by entering your User ID and Password.
Step 3. On the homepage page, tap the Instagram Direct icon, which appears as a small plane icon.
Step 4. On the page for conversations Find the conversation you’d like to erase, then swipe to the left (iOS) to open the option to delete. If you’re on (Android) press and hold the conversation that you wish to erase.
The 5th step: Tap delete on your conversation. A pop-up window will appear on the screen informing you of that you want to erase the conversation. Tap Delete again to delete your conversation entirely.
If you delete a conversation it will not appear on your Inbox. Be aware that this will only erase the conversation on your behalf and that it will remain visible to others who were part of the conversation. But, you are able to remove a message sent on Instagram Direct rather than deleting the whole conversation. Here’s a step-by-process guide that you could follow in order to remove personal Instagram messages by removing messages.
Remove your personal messages
If you’ve sent a message you later decide to erase then you can erase it by selecting”Unsend. “Unsend” option. It will be deleted for everyone who was part of the conversation.
1. Start Instagram again and locate the post you wish to erase.
2. Hold your finger and press on the message you’d like to unblock.
3. If a pop-up menu is displayed choose the option to unsend and then confirm that you wish to erase it.
Delete Individual Messages on Android and iPhone/iOS
Instagram quietly added the Unsend feature just a couple of years in the past. It allows users to stop sending messages that haven’t received any attention but haven’t been read.
If you’ve not used Unsend on Instagram before, here’s the information you’ll need to do:
- Start the DM conversation
- Tap and hold the message you do not want to receive
- Select Unsend Message.