You can hide or delete a conversation between you and another person in Google Chat and Chat in Gmail.
- Hide a 1:1 direct message
- Hides your copy of a conversation, but doesn't remove the conversation for other participants.
- If you hide a conversation with someone and then message them again, the conversation chat history shows up again.
- Delete a 1:1 direct message
- Permanently hides the conversation history from your view. The content remains visible to the other participant.
You can also choose to edit or delete a specific message. If you edit or delete a sent message, it updates the message for you and other participants in the conversation.
Hide a conversation or space
You can hide a 1:1 direct message, a group direct message, or a space.
Hide a direct message
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Chat app
or Gmail app
.
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
.
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
- In the bottom navigation menu, tap Direct messages
.
- From the list, select the 1:1 or group direct message.
- At the top of the conversation, select the message name.
- Select Hide conversation.
.Hide a space
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Chat app
- In Gmail: At the bottom, select Chat
- In Gmail: At the bottom, select Chat
- In the bottom navigation menu, select Spaces [icon].
- From the list, select the space name.
- At the top of the space, select the space name.
- Select Hide space.
Delete a 1:1 direct message
Important: You can only delete 1:1 direct messages. Group direct messages cannot be deleted.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Chat app
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
- In the bottom navigation menu, tap Direct messages
- In the list of direct messages, tap the person's name.
- At the top of the conversation, tap the person's name
Delete conversation
.
- To confirm, tap Delete.
- Note: Deleting hides the conversation history from your view. The content remains visible to the other participant.
To delete a single message instead of a conversation, learn how to edit or delete a message in Google Chat.