How to Delete All Messages On Facebook

Over the past month two of my Facebook friends have had their accounts hacked (that I understand of). In both of these cases the hacker chose to undergo the person's Facebook emails to read all of their messages and afterwards utilize that details to message their pals-- posing as them. I was one of those people that each cyberpunk messaged. It was a sobering experience to understand that someone might potentially have accessibility to all of your personal discussions that you've had with family and friends, returning for several years!

After this experience I made a decision that I intended to delete all of my previous Facebook messages to ensure that if I was ever hacked, a minimum of I could restrict what they would have accessibility to. But I found that this had not been as easy as you would certainly think as there is no global "Erase All" alternative for Facebook messages as well as discussions. Instead, you need to click into each discussion, click the "Activities" switch, and choose "Remove Conversation". To do this for the thousands of conversations that I have actually had on Facebook over the past numerous years would certainly have been far as well lengthy. However, I did find a remarkable plug-in for the Chrome web browser called Facebook-- Delete All Messages that sufficed.

How to Delete All Messages On Facebook

The process is basic. Open your Chrome web browser as well as browse to the plugin. Click "Include In Chrome" in order to download/install the plugin. It presently has more than 82,000 customers and also I located it to be virus/bug-free as of two weeks ago, so I can extremely recommend it.

Once it's installed, simply authorize right into Facebook. Open up the full messages window as well as click the plugin symbol that rests on the far right of the address bar.

After that click "Introduce". It will erase all the messages on that entire web page. If you have a lot of old messages you may require to scroll down and click Introduce a few times up until they're all gone.

However within a few minutes you should be rid of all your old discussions, as well as they will certainly not reappear when the person messages you once more. You'll have a fresh start!