You can hide or delete a 1:1 conversation in Google Chat and Gmail.
- Hide conversation—Removes your copy of a conversation. It doesn't remove the conversation from other participants' views. If you hide a conversation and then chat with that person again, your chat history reappears (if it's turned on).
- Delete conversation—Permanently deletes your copy of a conversation's history. It doesn't delete the conversation from other participants' history. When you delete a DM, it deletes the DM content, but the data that indicates the instance of the DM remains in the backend.
You can also choose to edit or delete a specific message. If you edit or delete a message, it updates the message for you and other participants in the conversation.
Hide a 1:1 conversation
Important: You can’t hide a group message with 2 or more people.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chat app
or Gmail app
.
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
.
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
- In the bottom navigation menu, tap Direct messages
.
- In the list of direct messages, tap the person’s name.
- At the top of the conversation, tap the person's name
Hide conversation
.
.
Hide conversation Delete a 1:1 conversation
Important: You can’t delete a group message with 2 or more people.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chat app
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat
- In the bottom navigation menu, tap Direct messages
- In the list of direct messages, tap the person's name.
- At the top of the conversation, tap the person's name
Delete conversation
.
- To confirm, tap Delete.
To delete a single message instead of a conversation, go to Edit or delete a message.