Yellow-Dog-Man
Contacts Message Deletion
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
There is currently no way for users to delete messages they had sent to a friend or contact. You can delete messages with attachments by requesting the ID and using a bot command to delete it, but it's impossible to delete a text message.
Describe the solution you'd like:
Simply a red X next to a message you or a contact has sent to you. If it's your own message, it should delete the content on both sides of the conversation. If it's a message that was sent to you, it should simply hide it from your view (maybe with an option to restore it if desired).
This is useful for a myriad of reasons:
- Someone spammed your DMs, and you want to reduce the clutter.
- Accidentally sent the message to the wrong contact.
- Accidentally made a typo you'd like to rectify (message editing would be better suited, but deletion still applies here).
- Accidentally sent the wrong attachment to a contact.
- You want a clean slate, in the event you migrated message history from another platform by accident.
Describe alternatives you've considered:
There isn't really any alternative for this. As mentioned, the only thing you can delete are attachments, but that requires bot commands and would be simply easier if there was an X or trash can icon next to a message.
Additional Context:
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A select-and-delete option might be better to avoid accidental clicks. Essentially a "delete mode" with a confirm/cancel dialog to prevent accidents.
A select-and-delete option might be better to avoid accidental clicks. Essentially a "delete mode" with a confirm/cancel dialog to prevent accidents.
Either that, or a pop up before you delete a message asking "are you sure?" or a hold button action instead of a click to delete a message.
These are slower but would also be more safe.
A select-and-delete option might be better to avoid accidental clicks. Essentially a "delete mode" with a confirm/cancel dialog to prevent accidents.
Either that, or a pop up before you delete a message asking "are you sure?" or a hold button action instead of a click to delete a message.
These are slower but would also be more safe.
Or safety by default with an option to toggle to speed?
Safety/hold action to enable delete mode, then single clicks to select what to delete, and a confirmation at the end.
This is something that can be considering during/following the Contacts UI Rework #1116. I am marking this issue as being blocked by the rework.
There's another reason this may be needed. I sent an invitation, which corrupted my friend's chat with me, so he can't see any new messages.
I'd suggest reporting that instead. We'd want to make sure that the chat doesn't get corrupted in the first place - if it is, then you might not be able to delete the messages anyways.
