How to Delete Individual Instagram Messages

Similar to deleting individual Facebook messages, you can delete any message from any chat you have had with any person on the platform with Instagram’s Unsend feature. This feature deletes the selected message from both your account and the recipient’s account.

How to Remove an Individual Instagram Message on Mobile

To delete a single message from an Instagram chat on your iPhone or Android phone, first, launch the Instagram app on your phone.

• In the Instagram app, from the top-right corner, select the message icon.

• A “Chats” screen will open. Here, tap the conversation in which you want to delete a message. Then find the actual message to delete.
• Tap and hold that message, and from the options that pop up on your screen, select “Unsend.”

Instagram will remove the selected message from both your message history and your recipient’s account. It will appear as though you never sent that message.

How to Remove an Individual Instagram Message on a Computer

• To remove an individual Instagram message on a Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook computer, use the official Instagram site.
• Start by opening a web browser on your computer and accessing the Instagram site. At the top-right corner of the site, click the message icon.

You’ll see a “Chats” page. Here, from the sidebar to the left, select the conversation in which you want to remove a message. Then, on the right pane, find the message to delete, hover over the message, and click the three dots beside the message.