How to Delete Messages on Telegram on iPhone or iPad

Stones John
2 min readJan 6, 2021

Step 1

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Open the Telegram app on your iPhone or iPad. The Telegram app looks like a white paper plane icon in a blue circle.

Step 2

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Tap the Chats tab. This button looks like two chat bubble icons at the bottom of your screen. It will open a list of all your personal and group chats.

If Telegram opens up to a conversation, tap the back button to go back to your Chats list.

Step 3

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Tap a chat on your Chats list. This will open the conversation in full-screen.

Step 4

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Tap and hold a chat message bubble. A black toolbar will pop up above the message.

Step 5

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Tap More on the black toolbar. This will let you select multiple messages to delete all of them at once.

Step 6

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Select all the messages you want to delete. A blue checkmark will appear next to every selected message.

Step 7

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Tap the blue Trash icon. This button is located in the lower-left corner of your screen. It will remove all the selected messages from the chat conversation. You will have to confirm your action in a new pop-up.

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Stones John
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