How to Delete a Group Chat in Messenger

Although Messenger group chats can be incredibly useful, you may want to delete them. You might be flooded with messages, with your phone dinging constantly, or you haven’t used a group chat for years, and don’t need the clutter on your phone.

Deleting a group chat is permanent, meaning both you and the members of the chat won’t be able to see messages or send them. This article will show you how to delete a group chat on Messenger in few steps.

Who Can Delete Messenger Group Chat

Not everyone who is a part of a group on Messenger can delete the chat. You need to be the admin of the group, meaning you’ve created the chat. Alternatively, you need the admin rights to do so. If that is the case, you are eligible to delete the group chat.

How to Check if You Have Admin Rights

You might have created this group chat years ago and completely forgot about it. Before you go and delete the group chat you no longer wish to use, you should check if you’re the admin.

Here’s how you can check to see if you have admin rights:

1. Open your Messenger app.
   
2. Look for the group chat you want to delete.
   
3. Click the group title of the group icon on the menu and go to “See Group Members.”
   
4. One tab is a list of the group chat members, and the other is the admin.
   
5. Look for your name in the “Admins” tab.
   
6. If your name isn’t there, click “Add” and simply add yourself as the admin.
   

If you don’t have the permission to perform the steps mentioned above, ask the admin of the group to give you admin rights.

Informing the Members of the Group Chat

Before you proceed with deleting the chat, you should let everybody know you will do so. When you delete the group, the other members won’t be able to access it or see the chat. This can be tricky if there are important files and information in the group chat.

Be sure to save the files you will need in the future, as all data will be removed. Inform the other members in group chat so they can prepare and save the files if needed.

Deleting the Group Chat on Desktop from Messenger

Here’s how you can delete a group chat on your computer from Messenger.com:

1. Click on the group chat you want to delete to open it.
   
2. Hover over the chat and click the three dots.
   
3. Click the option “Delete chat”.
   
4. Click “Delete chat” again to confirm.
   

Deleting the Group Chat on an Android from the Messenger Mobile App

Here’s how to delete a group chat from the Messenger app if you’re an Android user:

1. Open the Messenger app on your phone.
   
2. Click the group chat you want to delete.
   
3. Tap on the group chat name at the top.
   
4. Tap on the three dots in the upper right corner and choose “Delete chat.”
   
5. Tap “Delete” to confirm.
   

Deleting Group Chat on an iPhone from the Messenger Mobile App

For iPhone users, here’s how to delete the group chat from the Messenger app:

1. Open the Messenger app.
   
2. Tap on the “Menu” (three horizontal lines).
   
3. Find the group chat you want to delete.
   
4. Long press the group chat name and a pop-up window will appear .
   
5. Select “Delete.”
   
6. Tap “Delete” to confirm.
   

Check if The Group Chat is Deleted

Once you’ve gone through the steps of the deleting the group chat on Messenger, you should check if it’s still available.

1. Go to the “Search bar” in Messenger.
   
2. Type in the group chat name.
   

If you don’t see the group chat name appearing when you type it, it means it has been successfully deleted. Note that other members won’t be able to see the chat anymore.

Keep in mind that although the group chat has been deleted, it will be saved one Facebook server.

Leaving the Group Chat Instead

Deleting a group chat can be done for privacy concerns. It’s permanent and gets rid of the information shared in the chat. If you don’t have privacy concerns, you can simply leave the group and you’ll stop receiving messages.

This way, the group members can continue to send messages and you can ask to be added to the chat again if you need to. They will be notified that you’ve left the chat.

Here’s how you can leave the group chat:

1. Open the group chat.
   
2. Tap the group chat name/icon.
   
3. Scroll down and tap “Leave chat”.
   

Muting the Group Chat and Managing Notifications

If your main concern are the messages you are receiving, but wish to stay in the group chat, you can mute the chat. This way, the notifications won’t bother you and you will still be a group member.

Here’s how you can mute the group chat:

1. Go to your Messenger app.
   
2. Find the group chat you want to mute.
   
3. Tap the group chat name/icon.
   
4. Select “Notification & Sound” and turn off all the notifications.
   

If you wish to mute some notifications and receive the notifications you want, here’s how to do that:

1. Repeat the steps above.
2. Choose “All” to receive all of the group chat notifications.
   
3. Choose “Mention and reply” to receive only notifications when someone mentions you or replies to you in the group chat.
   
4. Choose “Off” if you wish to mute all of the group chat notifications.
   

Let’s Review

Deleting a group chat can help you with privacy concerns, de-cluttering your storage, or simply reducing your time spent online. No matter what your main aim, deleting, leaving, or muting a group chat on Messenger can be done in simple steps.

Have you had issues deleting your Messenger group chat? Were these steps helpful? Let us know in the comments section below.