How to Delete a Poll in Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger has become a leading app for connection to friends and family, with many businesses using it as an avenue to gauge customer interest. Since Facebook introduced the poll feature, users can make their conversations more interactive and vote on important decisions.

However, implementing the feature into chat rooms hasn’t been as smooth as users expected. Although many know how to create a poll, deleting it can become tricky.

This article will discuss whether it’s possible to delete a poll in Facebook Messenger and the best ways to clear unwanted polls. Read on to learn more.

Deleting a Poll in Messenger

A Facebook Messenger poll is a handy feature that acts as a virtual voting booth. You can create it in a group chat where it appears as a question within a separate window. At the bottom of the window, there are two possible answers. The chat members then select the option that best reflects their opinion, helping the group decide on the relevant topic.

Although polls are a convenient way of deciding which spot your friend group should visit, they’re also an invaluable tool for businesses. They land in the customer’s chat box and present them with a two-answer survey.

Whether you’re talking with friends or planning a new ad campaign, creating a poll takes a few clicks. But what happens when all the responses arrive? After all the chat members have expressed their opinion, many Messenger users are stumped, wondering why the poll hasn’t disappeared.

While Facebook Messenger is relatively easy to use, not all of the features are so straightforward. Deleting a poll is one such headscratcher. Unfortunately, Facebook still hasn’t developed a hassle-free method to remove polls from conversations.

No matter your device, you have two options to eliminate a completed poll from a group chat. The first involves continuing the conversation until it pushes the poll further back. The second is deleting the entire conversation.

How to Delete a Poll in the Messenger iPhone App

The iOS Messenger app doesn’t present users with a functional method to delete polls. You can wait it out and keep chatting until the messages hide the window in the back of the chat. Or, you can delete the conversation containing the poll.

Method 1: Delete the Conversation

Here’s what you need to do to delete a Messenger group chat using your iPhone:

1. Open the app and log into your profile.
   
2. Navigate to the group chat containing the poll you want to delete.
   
3. Tap the “i” icon in the upper right to head to “Group settings.”
   
4. Select the three horizontal dots and press the “Delete Conversation” option.
   

Messenger will wipe the group chat and all its messages, including polls.

Method 2: Keep Chatting

If you don’t feel comfortable losing the messages within the chat, keep communicating with your friends until your messages hide the poll. After a few days, it will take you a while to scroll up to the two-answer window.

However, you can avoid this by creating polls in special group chats. After everyone gives their vote, delete the conversation without worrying about losing valuable information.

How to Delete a Poll in the Messenger Android App

Although using the Messenger App for Android devices is uncomplicated, the program lacks functionality in certain areas. There’s currently no way to delete a poll from a group chat. Facebook hasn’t rolled out a separate button or a plug-in that would extract it from the conversation and preserve the other messages.

Moreover, you won’t find Android tools on the web or the Google Play Store that can complete this task. So, what are your options? You can delete the entire chat or wait until new messages hide the poll.

Method 1: Deleting the Chat

Since you can’t remove the poll from the chat box, the only way of permanently deleting it is to wipe the chat. Follow the steps below to do so on your Android device:

1. Launch the app and log in with your account credentials.
   
2. Find the conversation where you created the poll you wish to delete.
   
3. Press the small “i” icon in the upper-right of the interface to open “Group settings.”
   
4. Click on the three horizontal dots and select “Delete Conversation” from the list of options.
   

The conversation will disappear, and so will the poll.

Method 2: Keep the Conversation Going

If the chat contains messages you don’t want to lose, you may be reluctant to delete them. In that case, ignore the two-answer window and continue chatting as usual. Eventually, the new messages will pile up, and you won’t see the poll when you open the chat box.

It’s best to create a new group chat whenever you want to make a poll. This way, you won’t have to worry about deleting your messages.

Messenger How to Delete a Poll on a PC

Those who prefer messaging on their PC can delete the chat where they made the poll or hide the window with new messages. Although the latter may take some time, you can preserve the exchange between you and your friends.

Here’s how you can delete a group chat on your PC:

1. Launch the desktop app and press the “Chat” tab.
   
2. Locate your group chat and right click.
   
3. Select “Delete chat.”
   

Get Rid of Polls With Ease

Although polls make Facebook Messenger chats more engaging, deleting them can be challenging. Until the app implements a straightforward way of removing them, users can delete conversations or ignore polls until they disappear behind newer messages.

Have you tried deleting a poll in Messenger before? If so, on which device? Let us know in the comments section below.