Manage Trash folder in Google Messages

Important: Once you delete a conversation from the Trash folder, you can’t restore it.

You can move a single or multiple conversations to the Trash folder through the swipe action or when you touch and hold a message.

Before you can move a conversation to the Trash folder through a swipe action, you need to set it up.

1. Open Google Messages .
2. Tap Profile picture or More Messages settings Swipe actions.
3. Next to “Swipe right” or “Swipe left,” tap Customize.
4. From the option, select Trash.

After the swipe action is set up, you can move a conversation to the Trash folder when you swipe right or left on a message.

1. Open Google Messages .
2. Touch and hold a conversation.
   • You can select 2 or more conversations.
3. At the top, tap Trash Move to trash.

Tips:

• To check the days remaining before a trashed conversation is permanently deleted, at the top right, tap Profile picture or More Trash.
• Each conversation in the Trash folder displays a counter. This indicates the number of days remaining before it’s permanently deleted.

Important:

• You can restore or delete all chat conversations at once, but delete with caution.
• You can't recover messages you delete permanently from the Trash folder, whether done on purpose or accidentally.

1. Open Google Messages .
2. Tap Profile picture or More Trash.
3. Touch and hold on the conversation you want to restore.
4. At the top, tap Restore .
   • To restore multiple chats, before you tap Restore , touch and hold the conversations you want to restore.

1. Open Google Messages .
2. Tap Profile picture or More Trash.
3. To restore all chat conversation, tap Restore without touch and hold on any of the individual chats in the Trash folder.

1. Open Google Messages .
2. Tap Profile picture or More Trash.
3. Touch and hold on the conversation you want to delete.
4. At the top, tap Trash Delete.
   • To permanently delete multiple chats, before you tap Trash , touch and hold the conversations you want to permanently delete.

1. Open Google Messages .
2. Tap Profile picture or More Trash.
   • Do not select any conversation.
3. At the top, tap Trash .
4. Tap Delete.

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