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• Steps
• Advice
• Warning

This wikiHow teaches you how to delete individual sent messages from your side in Skype conversations on mobile and desktop versions. This is different from deleting a Skype conversation. You cannot delete messages received from others, but if you delete messages sent from you, the other party will not see them.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: On the phone

1. 

   Open Skype. The application is blue with a white "S". The main Skype page will open if you're signed in.
   • If you are not logged in, enter your phone number (or email address) and password to log in.

2. 

   
   
   Click on the card Chats (Conversation) at the top of the screen.

3. 

   Select conversation. Tap the conversation containing the message you want to delete.

4. 

   
   
   Go to the message you want to delete. You may need to scroll up to find if the message is old.

5. 

   Press and hold on the message. After a few seconds, a menu will pop up.

6. 

   
   
   Click Remove (Erase). This option is near the bottom of the pop-up menu.
   • On Android, you need to tap Remove message (Delete message) here.

7. 

   Click Remove when prompted. The selected message is deleted from the conversation; thus, neither you nor the member in the conversation can see the message.
   • On Android, you need to tap YES here.
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Method 2 of 3: On the computer

1. 

   Open Skype. Click the blue icon with a white "S" to open Skype. If the account information is already saved, the Skype home page will open.
   • If you aren't logged in, enter your email address (or phone number) and Skype password to continue.

2. 

   Select conversation. Click on a contact or conversation in the left bar. The conversation will open.

3. 

   Go to the message you want to delete. Scroll through the conversation until you find the message you want to delete.
   • Check to make sure this message is due friend to send.

4. 

   Right-click on the message. After you right-click on the message, a drop-down menu will appear.
   • On a Mac, you need to click the three dots ⋮ icon to the right of the message.

5. 

   Click Remove near the bottom of the drop-down menu. The message will be deleted from the conversation; thus, neither you nor the member in the conversation can see the message.
   • If optional Remove good Remove Message is gray or is not visible, that means you cannot delete selected messages.
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Method 3 of 3: On the web version

1. 

   Open the Skype Web website. Go to https://web.skype.com/ using the web browser on your computer. A list of Skype conversations opens if you are logged in.
   • If you're not signed into Skype, enter your Microsoft account email address and password before proceeding.

2. 

   Select conversation. Find and click the conversation containing the message you want to delete on the left side of the page.

3. 

   Search for messages. Scroll up until you find the message to delete.

4. 

   Right-click on the message. A drop-down menu will appear.
   • If the mouse you are using does not have a right mouse button, click the right mouse button, or click down with two fingers.
   • If the computer uses the trackpad trackpad instead of the mouse, you can press down on the trackpad with two fingers, or click on the lower right of the touchpad.

5. 

   Click an option Remove Message is in the drop-down menu. The message will be deleted from both you and the recipient's Skype chat. advertisement

Advice

• If you receive unwanted messages from certain Skype contacts, you can delete or block them from your contacts list.

Warning

• Message deletion cannot be canceled, and deleted messages cannot be restored.
• If you delete the message on a mobile device, it will still be visible on Skype desktop version (and vice versa). Sometimes, if you delete the message on a mobile device, it will not be possible to delete the message on the computer.