# How do I delete PMs I don't want to keep anymore?

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**Created:** [June 24, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-pms-i-dont-want-to-keep-anymore/912737 "2020-06-24T14:14:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-pms-i-dont-want-to-keep-anymore/912737/1 "2020-06-24T14:14:43Z")

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It’s nice to see all of my old personal messages carried over from the old platform (going back several years; some I had long forgotten, but was glad to see again), but I can’t figure out a way to delete those I don’t want.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-pms-i-dont-want-to-keep-anymore/912737/2 "2020-06-24T14:24:37Z")

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The only way I saw was to archive them.

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**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-pms-i-dont-want-to-keep-anymore/912737/3 "2020-06-24T16:59:26Z")

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The archive is it. They still exist in sort of an undeletable recycle bin. You wont see them regularly unless you dig into your archive. Since there is no mention of a limit, like under VB, that is not the problem it was before the change.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-pms-i-dont-want-to-keep-anymore/912737/4 "2020-06-24T17:31:34Z")

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Thanks. Do I have to archive them one at a time, or is there a way to highlight a whole big chunk o’ old PMs and send them out into the cornfield?

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-pms-i-dont-want-to-keep-anymore/912737/5 "2020-06-24T18:06:35Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Thanks. Do I have to archive them one at a time, or is there a way to highlight a whole big chunk o’ old PMs and send them out into the cornfield?&nbsp;

Click the button that looks kinda like a listbox, and it’ll put checkboxes beside all of your PMs. Check the ones you want to archive, then click the Archive button.