How to Delete iMessage History on Mac or iPhone/iPad 2019 Guide? [Solved]

How to Delete iMessage History on Mac?

Deleting iMessage history on Mac is quite easy. There are two common methods:
Disable "Save history when conversations are closed"


On your Mac, open the Messages app.


Choose Preferences from the menu bar of Messages app.


Navigate to General and uncheck the option called ‘Save history when conversations are closed’.


Once you uncheck that option, your previous iMessage chats will disappear the next time you launch Messages on your Mac.


Delete iMessage History using Finder

If you want to delete individual or multiple messages on your Mac, then it is possible as well. Follow these instructions:


First, quit the iMessage app on your Mac.


Then launch Finder on your Mac and press CMD+Shift+G


Now type ~/Library/Messages/ in the dialog box.


Once the specified folder opens, you will need to find three certain files and delete them. Those files include chat.db-wal, chat.db-shm, and chat.db.


When you relaunch the iMessages, you will find that none of your previously existing conversations contain any data.



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