Messenger is a Facebook communication software that makes it simple to remain in touch with your favorite people and pleasurable to spend time with them. Messenger can easily sync shared photos from Messenger and Facebook Chat to your mobile device, allowing you to communicate with everyone, everywhere. This social networking site provides users with unlimited text, phone, video calling, and group video chat services, allowing them to exchange many types of content in multiple formats. However, there are occasions when users must delete photographs, videos, and other stuff that they have already posted on their messenger. This post will teach users how to remove shared photos on Facebook Messenger, as well as some other connected topics.
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How To Delete Photos From Messenger App
One can erase sent photographs on Facebook Messenger app at any moment after creating a post or sharing a picture during a chat. The quickest approach to erase shared photos in Messenger is to long-press the image in the chat thread.
Here are the steps you can take to delete a shared photo from a chat app.
Step 1: Launch Messenger and navigate to the desired chat.
Step 2: Locate the image that you wish to delete.
Step 3: Tap and hold the photo to see the delete option at the bottom of the screen.
Step 4: To erase the image, tap remove and then pick remove.
Deleting Photos From Facebook/Messenger Desktop Version
Step 1: Start a discussion.
Step 2: Locate the image you want to delete.
Step 3: Place your mouse pointer over three vertical dots and click.
Step 4: A small pop-up window will open, prompting you to remove or reply. When you pick Remove, a pop-up window will emerge in which you can click remove for you and erase it.
While the techniques assist you in removing photographs shared previously in a chat with a specific individual, they do have limitations. Technically, this approach will only erase photographs in Messenger at your end while the user on the other end of the discussion continues to access them, and you will also be able to view them under Messenger’s ‘View Shared Photos’ area. As a result, one must use a different route to delete the shared images on both sides of the relevant chat. Let’s get started in that direction.
How To Permanently Delete Shared Photos In Messenger On Both Sides
Messenger users frequently have issues with the deletion of media assets, whether they be shared images on messenger or other content transmitted over the conversation. The same media appears in the shared photos section even after being removed from the conversation. As a result, this became one of the most widely discussed topics.
While this may be true for removing the photos at your end, you must follow the actions outlined in the section below to have the photos deleted at the receiver’s end.
Unsend/Delete Permanently Shared Photos on Facebook Messenger App
The steps are identical to the ones described earlier. However, please ensure that you follow the instructions outlined in order to complete the task at hand.
Step 1: Launch Messenger and navigate to the desired chat.
Step 2: Locate the image that you wish to delete.
Step 3: Tap and hold the photo to see the delete option at the bottom of the screen.
Step 4: Select Remove and then Unsend to permanently delete the photo from both sides.
Unsend/Delete Permanently Shared Photos on Facebook Desktop Version
Step 1: Start a discussion.
Step 2: Locate the image you want to delete.
Step 3: Place your mouse pointer over three vertical dots and click.
Step 4: A small pop-up window will open, prompting you to remove or reply. When you pick Remove, a pop-up window will appear where you may click Unsend for Everyone and then remove to completely erase the shared items.
When you unsend or erase something, the person on the other end of the discussion will get a notification that says “your name unsent a message.”
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