Alright, let’s talk about cleaning up those TikTok DMs. I found myself needing to do this just the other day, my inbox was getting a bit messy, you know how it is. Had a few chats I kinda wanted to tidy up or just remove specific things I’d sent.
Finding My Way
So, first thing I did was open up the TikTok app, obviously. Then I headed straight for the Inbox – that little speech bubble icon usually at the bottom. Pretty standard stuff.
Once I was in my inbox, I could see all my different conversations listed out. I scrolled through until I found the specific chat I wanted to deal with. I tapped on that person’s name to open up our message history.
Deleting a Single Message
Now, inside the chat, I looked for the particular message I wanted gone. Here’s what I did:
- I pressed and held my finger down right on the message bubble. Not just a quick tap, but a proper long press.
- After a second or two, a little menu popped up right there above the message.
- One of the options was clearly labeled ‘Delete’. Nice and simple.
- I tapped ‘Delete’. It asked me to confirm, just to be sure I guess.
- I confirmed, and poof! The message disappeared from my view in the chat.
One thing I noticed, though, and this is important: it seems like it only deletes it for me. The other person in the chat? Yeah, they probably still see the message. It doesn’t retract it like some other apps do. So, keep that in mind. It’s more for cleaning your own view.
Deleting an Entire Conversation
Then I thought, what if I just want the whole chat gone from my inbox list? I went back out to the main Inbox screen where all the different chats are listed.
- I found the conversation I wanted to remove entirely.
- This time, I pressed and held my finger down on the conversation in the list.
- Again, a little menu appeared.
- It had a ‘Delete’ option.
- I tapped that, confirmed it, and the entire chat vanished from my inbox list.
Again, same deal applies. It removes the chat history from my inbox, makes it tidy for me, but the other person likely still has the whole conversation on their end unless they delete it too.
So yeah, that was my little adventure in deleting TikTok messages. Pretty straightforward once you know where to press and hold. Just remember it’s mostly for your own digital housekeeping, not for making messages disappear from everywhere. Hope that helps someone out there!
