How to Delete a Direct Message on Slack on iPhone or iPad

Last Updated: May 25, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to delete a direct message on Slack for iPhone or iPad. You can close the conversation which removes it from your direct message list, or you can permanently delete individual messages. Slack is a free teamwork productivity app that contains a number of collaboration tools designed to help business workflows.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:
Close a Direct Message Conversation

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Open Slack. It's the blue, yellow, red, and green colored app with a black "S" in the center. You can download Slack from the App Store if you have not already done so.
- Log into Slack with your email address and password, if you aren't logged in automatically.
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Tap a direct message conversation. It's below the "direct message" heading in the workspace side menu. This will display the direct messages with that person in the chat window.
- If you don't see the workspace side menu, tap the slack logo in the top-left first.
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Tap the person's name at the top. This will open additional options and info with the conversation.
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Tap Close DM. This close the direct message conversation and the person will no longer be listed in your direct messages list.

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Method 2

Method 2 of 2:
Permanently Delete Messages

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Open Slack. It's the blue, yellow, red, and green colored app with a black "S" in the center. You can download Slack from the App Store if you have not already done so.
- Log into Slack with your email address and password, if you aren't logged in automatically.
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Tap a direct message conversation. It's below the "direct message" heading in the workspace side menu. This will display the direct messages with that person in the chat window.
- If you don't see the workspace side menu, tap the slack logo in the top-left first.
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Tap a message. This will open the message and display it fullscreen.
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Tap ⋮. It's in the bottom-right corner of the message.
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Tap Delete Message. It's shown in red text near the bottom of the pop-up menu.
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Tap Yes, Delete the Message to confirm. The message is now deleted and cannot be recovered.

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