If you’ve ever wanted to clean up your Messenger app by getting rid of shared photos, you’re in the right place. On Android devices, permanently deleting these photos can help you keep your conversations tidy and free up some space. Whether these images are from old conversations you no longer need or simply ones you prefer not to keep, removing them for good is a straightforward process. This guide will take you through each step to permanently delete shared photos in Messenger on your Android phone.
How to Delete Shared Photos In Messenger on Android
Messenger treasures all the shared memories, conversations, and of course, photos. However, if they no longer serve the intended purpose, you might want to get rid of them. As an important privacy-centric feature, Facebook offers users the option to delete texts, shared images, and other media files, both for the sender itself and also for the recipient. Follow the steps below:
Note: You cannot delete all the exchanged images at once.
1. Open Messenger and navigate to the chat for which you want to delete shared photos.
2. Open the chat thread and scroll to the image to be deleted.
3. Long press on the image and tap on More at the bottom right corner.
4. Select Remove and then tap on Unsend.
The shared image will now be deleted for you as well as the recipient. If you do not want to delete it from both sides, select Remove from you in the last step.
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How to Delete Shared Photos In Messenger on Desktop
If you use Facebook Messenger on a PC, below mentioned are the steps you can follow to delete shared photos on the platform:
1. Open Facebook on the PC and click on the Messenger icon at the top right.
2. Click and open the chat thread in which you want to delete the shared photo.
3. Click the three vertical dots icon next to the photo, followed by Remove.
4. In the Who do you want to remove this message for? popup, select Unsend for everyone.
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We hope our article helped you delete shared photos on Messenger on Android and PC. If you have any queries or suggestions for us, do let us know in the comments section. Stay tuned to TechCult for more such tech guides.
