How to Delete Direct Messages on Discord

Can you delete direct messages in Discord? I’ve read this question a lot on online forums, and I want to address this matter in this article. The straightforward answer is YES! You can delete messages in Discord, and there are different ways to do that.

You can learn these methods by reading the step-by-step guidelines below.

If you are using the desktop version of the Discord application, you can follow these steps to delete direct messages on Discord:

1. STEP 1

   Launch Discord on your computer and click on Clyde (Discord logo) at the topmost-left side of your application. Doing so will bring you to your private messages on your contact list.

2. STEP 2

   Find the private conversations you want to delete.

3. STEP 3

   

   Select message by clicking on the three-dot icon on the right side of the particular message. The icon will show when you hover on the message.

4. STEP 4

   

   By clicking on the three-dot icon, a pop-up menu will appear. Select “Delete Message”. Another pop-up will appear to confirm your action. Click on the delete button and the chat will be deleted from your messages.

Deleting direct messages in Discord mobile is also easy. You can do so by:

1. STEP 1

   Open the Discord application on your mobile device.

2. STEP 2

   Tap on the three horizontal lines on the upper-left side.

3. STEP 3

   Choose the account you want to delete messages from among the people on your direct messages list.

4. STEP 4

   Long press on the message you want to delete, and a pop-up menu will show for which you can choose which action to take.

5. STEP 5

   

   Tap on “Delete Message.”

6. STEP 6

   

   Confirm this action by tapping “Yes.”

Since Discord does not have a feature where you can delete your chat history in one go, you have to delete your direct messages in Discord manually. You have two ways to do this.

Method 1

1. STEP 1

   Hover on the message you want to delete, and the three-dot icon will appear.

2. STEP 2

   Click on the icon and select “Delete Message.”

3. STEP 3

   Confirm selection by clicking on the red button with “Delete” written on it.

Method 2

If you want to delete multiple DMs, you can do so by following these steps:

1. STEP 1

   Go to direct messages in Discord and click on the private conversation you have with your peer.

2. STEP 2

   Press the Shift key on your keyboard.

3. STEP 3

   Hover on your direct messages and you will see the red trash bin icon, together with other icons.

4. STEP 4

   Click on the trash bin icon while holding the Shift key. This makes deleting messages easier because there won’t be a pop-up to confirm deletion anymore.

You can delete channel messages, but you can only do this on the messages you send on the Discord server (unless you have the admin/moderator privileges to do so). You can manually do so by using the two methods mentioned above.

If you want to delete channel messages of other server members, you must be one of the server admins to do so, as deleting messages from a Discord server would require admin access.

Suppose you do have admin access, or you own the server; you can do the same methods mentioned above. You can also use a Discord bot to do the job for you. This tutorial will use the MEE6 bot to perform this command. To mass delete messages in the Discord chat panel, you must first add the bot to Discord. You can follow these steps:

1. STEP 1

   Proceed to the MEE6 bot website by typing it on any search engine, or simply click here

2. STEP 2

   

   Click on the “Add to Discord” button.

3. STEP 3

   

   Check or uncheck the boxes you want to grant or disallow permission to the bot and click “Authorize.”

4. STEP 4

   

   Select a server where you want to give the MEE6 bot permission and then select “Setup.”

5. STEP 5

   

   Allow bot permission to create commands on the server by clicking on the “Continue” button.

6. STEP 6

   

   Authorize bot functions by clicking on “Authorize.”

7. STEP 7

   On the MEE6 dashboard, search “Moderator”. Click on “Commands” and toggle key for !clear

   You can allow or deny permission to certain members of the server for this command. Don’t forget to save changes. And that’s it! MEE6 bot is successfully added to your server.

   Here’s how you can delete bulk messages on a Discord channel by using a Discord bot (in this case, the MEE6 bot):

   mass delete messages on a server

   To delete messages from 1-1,000 you can use this command: !clear (amount)

   

   Separate the command and amount using a single space. Example:

   

   Hit “Enter” and the number of messages will be deleted in the channel.

Can You See a Deleted Discord Message?

No, you can’t see deleted Discord messages. Once you’ve deleted them, they cannot be accessed anymore.

Can The Other Person See a Deleted Direct Message on Discord?

The short answer is no. The other person cannot see deleted direct message you sent.

Can Someone Else See Deleted Discord Message History?

Discord does not store deleted messages, so the answer is, no one else can see deleted message history.