Deleting messages and conversations

[G Buster]

I've recently found out that deleting a conversation only deletes it for you and not for the other participant(s). The problem is that you can't then be reinvited into the conversation if you did by accident.

So, if I delete a message in a conversation does it disappear from the conversation for all participants or only for me? 

Thanks.

 

[nomad]

In what app are you doing this?  iMessages, WhatsApp, FB Messenger?

[mike carey]

If you're talking about this forum @G Buster, then yes, in effect you 'leave' a conversation but it continues to exist in your absence, and to resume you need to start a new conversation. Other participant/s will be able to read the old conversation if they want context (assuming they have not separately left the conversation). I'm not sure if or how other participants are alerted to your absence or if for them anything they post is simply between remaining participants.

[G Buster]

8 hours ago, nomad said:

In what app are you doing this?  iMessages, WhatsApp, FB Messenger?

Sorry, I was referring to the personal messenger / conversations on this forum.

[viewing ownly]

On 9/5/2026 at 7:51 PM, mike carey said:

If you're talking about this forum @G Buster, then yes, in effect you 'leave' a conversation but it continues to exist in your absence, and to resume you need to start a new conversation. Other participant/s will be able to read the old conversation if they want context (assuming they have not separately left the conversation). I'm not sure if or how other participants are alerted to your absence or if for them anything they post is simply between remaining participants.

You are correct that if the person on here that you private messaged deletes your conversation, whether they replied to it or not, it shows "left the conversation" and their avatar is dimmed. I have it done to me all the time, and I do it all the time as well, only once getting scolded in a newer conversation by not giving someone enough time to respond to an inquiry I made. I responded, and later left that conversation, too!