Delete PMs? How to Get Rid of Private Messages

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The discussion centers around the inability to delete private messages (PMs) on the platform. Users can select specific PM conversations, but the option to delete them is not available. Instead, they can "unjoin" or "leave" conversations, which removes them from the list. To do this, users should navigate to the Conversations page, select the desired conversations, and use the action selection bar at the bottom. Ultimately, while deletion isn't possible, unjoining effectively hides the conversations from view.
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I am seeing the option to "select" specific PM conversations and then a "bar" with options pops up at the bottom of my screen. However, the list of things that can be done to selected private messages/conversations does not include deleting them.

Is there a way to delete them? Thank you.
 
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I don't think you can deleted them but you can "unjoin" them and I think that makes them disappear off your list.
 
Open your Conversations page, and you see a list of the Conversations in revers-chronological order. Each conversation has a check-box to the right side of the title or subject.

Now, far at the BOTTOM of the page, you should see a gray bar, "Conversations,..." which contains an Action Selection field with up&down arrows. Okay, I am lost. Now I have the same question as you do. How do we DELETE one or more of our Private Message Conversations?
 
Well, you can do exactly what I said and they will disappear from your ken forever.
 
phinds said:
I don't think you can deleted them but you can "unjoin" them and I think that makes them disappear off your list.

phinds said:
Well, you can do exactly what I said and they will disappear from your ken forever.
How do we make that "unjoin" selection?
 
Sorry, it's actually "leave"
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