How to delete all messages on Apple Watch Series 5

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I coudn't agree more. I put it in a suggestion with watchOS 2.0 and it was closed. It would be great to have a sync between iOS and watchOS when it came to messages. Delete on one, it deletes on the other. How hard could that be?

Messages don't actually exist on your Watch. They are on the iPhone. In fact, you won't even

get them unless you are on a previously known WiFi network to both the watch and phone. Or

the iPhone is within range. Want proof? Turn you iPhone off. Open messages.

You do know iCloud comes into play here right?

Try this series of steps out and let me know what you find:

  • Receive a message from somone one which shows up on your Mac, iPhone & iWatch (proves iCloud is working).
  • Delete the message on your iPhone. This will have NO affect on your iWatch or your Mac.

    if it does, please send me the setting I can't find to do this.

Next:

  • Receive a message from somone one which shows up on your Mac, iPhone & iWatch (proves iCloud is working).
  • Delete the message on your iWatrch. This will have NO affect on your iPhone or Mac.

Next:

  • Receive a message from somone one which shows up on your Mac, iPhone & iWatch (proves iCloud is working).
  • Delete the message on your Mac. This will have NO affect on your iWatch or Mac.

I have tried all these steps numorous times with the same results. There doesn't appear to be a direct connection between the three environments when it comes to text or iMessages. I do see the proper results with other Apple apps (e.g. Notes, Photos, Contacts, Reminders, etc). As I wrote before, if there is a setting to enable this across the platforms, please let me know as I just can't find it.

With verson 2.0 of the WatchOS, I noticed that even though I set my iCloud account to delete messages after 30 days, they would remain past that time on my iWatch. I am waiting to see if they fixed this in WatchOS 3.0

Not a bug cause it's not a feature.

I filed an ER early 2.0 beta days regarding how tedious it was/is to maintain messages on the Watch. It was almost immediately declined. I don't understand why it's so easy to delete a mail message, but such a challenge to delete a text/iMessage.

Apple, FTW.

I opened my report on 20-July-2015. On 25-July-2015 it was closed and listed as a duplicate of 20500139 which is still listed as "open"

I've also had postings get closed also with the claim of being a duplicate! This one is really a fix I'd love to have fixed sooner rather than two more OS upgrades. Even a toggle to stop messages going to the watch completely.

What? How did you come up with that?

Of course they do, a copy is stored on your watch... simple to prove: Get messages on your watch, next turn off the phone - and guess what? You can still see these messages on your watch!

What you probably heared and got confused with was, that the apple watch cannot connect directly to services and download content, it requries to tether to the iPhone / known WiFi in order to connect. But once connected, messages are stored on the watch itself.

Extremely painful Apple. A simple fix for you to sort. I use apple because of synchronization between devices. Deleting a million messages on my watch is not fun

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Question: Delete Multiple Messages at once Apple Watch

Is there a way to delete multiple messages at once on the Apple Watch Series 1? Also, do the messages drop off after a period of "X" amount of days? Thank you.

Apple Watch, iOS 10.3.2

Posted on Jul 19, 2017 4:24 PM

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Hi

No, it is not possible to bulk delete messages conversations on Apple Watch, nor are they deleted automatically.

To delete a Messages conversation on your Apple Watch:

  • Open the Messages app on your Apple Watch:
    • When viewing the time, go to the Home screen (by pressing once on the Digital Crown) > tap on the Messages app icon.
    • Or use Siri (eg "hey Siri, open Messages").
  • When viewing the conversation list, swipe left on the conversation that you wish to delete > tap Delete / Trash.

If you would like to submit a feature request to Apple, then you can do so here:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html

Posted on Jul 19, 2017 4:28 PM

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Question: Delete Multiple Messages at once Apple Watch

How do you delete multiple messages on Apple Watch 5?

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Open the Messages app on your Apple Watch: When viewing the time, go to the Home screen (by pressing once on the Digital Crown) > tap on the Messages app icon. ... .
When viewing the conversation list, swipe left on the conversation that you wish to delete > tap Delete / Trash..

How do I delete messages from my iPhone and Apple Watch at the same time?

It is not possible to bulk delete Messages conversations on Apple Watch. Message deletion is not synced across Apple Watch and iPhone (and there is no way to enable this). Messages instead need to be deleted separately on each device.