Live communication is gradually being replaced by correspondence on social networks, instant messengers and email. But, as for conversation, the proverb “A word is not a sparrow…” and further according to the context is relevant for correspondence. One thoughtlessly sent message gives rise to hope - maybe the sparrow can still be caught? Let's figure out how to delete a message on VK so that it is not read, and whether this can be done in principle.
Is it possible to delete a sent VKontakte message?
Having removed the unnecessary preface, you can immediately answer - yes, you can. But there are some nuances. You can delete a letter in a new VK if:
- it was sent less than 24 hours ago;
- there is access to the account not through the application;
- the interlocutor has not yet managed to open it.
To remove a message you do not want to view, you need to log into the social network through any browser. The official application does not yet give users the ability to hide a message from the eyes of the recipient if it has not yet been seen. But probably this function will be added to new version VC.
How to Delete a Message: Step-by-Step Guide
If you are the creator, then you can erase the letter from both yourself and the interlocutor, both in the full and in the mobile version of the site. Therefore, the first thing you need to do is log into your account from a PC or phone and find the message that you need to hide from the recipient.
- In a conversation, select a message by left-clicking. You can select not just one, but several at once.
If the message you need is difficult to find in the conversation lists, you can speed up the process by finding the recipient to whom the message was sent among your friends. Then you should open the page and click “Write a message”. You don't have to write anything in the window that appears. Here we simply click “Go to dialogue” (the button in the upper right corner).
- Click the delete button at the top of the page (the trash-shaped icon).
- In the window that appears, check the box next to “Delete for everyone.”
- All that remains is to confirm the action. Now the letters will be deleted from both user pages.
After this, you can be completely sure that the recipient will not receive a letter, even one that was not sent. Of course, unless the sender wants to restore it and send it again.
In the future, when you need to delete SMS again from both yourself and your interlocutor, the “Delete for everyone” checkbox will automatically appear in the required field.
What to do if the confirmation window does not appear
Looking at step by step instructions, the whole process looks quite primitive and simple. But sometimes users have problems, namely, the window to confirm the action simply does not appear. There are two reasons for this phenomenon:
- the interlocutor has already read the message;
- More than 24 hours have passed since it was sent.
If this is true, then after clicking on the cart the user will see the following:
In such a situation, there is no way to hide the text from the eyes of the interlocutor, since Contact offers to immediately restore the deleted message.
The same goes for editing. This function is available to users of the social network, for example, to correct a typo. Moreover, you can also change the text of the message only within 24 hours after sending. The only difference is that you can edit both read and unread messages.
Therefore, if the desire to get rid of the letter to the interlocutor is associated with the fear of being caught in illiteracy, you can edit it, citing a typo.
Let's sum it up
Until the recent update of the VKontakte interface, it was possible to delete messages using an interesting VkOpt extension. This is a tool that had extensive capabilities for managing personal pages and accounts for promoting communities, which is why it was often mentioned in video instructions. But due to frequent updates it lost most its useful functions.
Now all users can only change a little appearance social network displayed on their computer. There is one more - the most reliable way– hide unwanted email so that no one sees it. It consists in not sending it at all. And to do this, you need to think carefully before creating a message, re-read it before sending, and only then click on the appropriate button. It's corny, but it works.
Video instruction
The video below duplicates the process described above.
It has probably happened to everyone that a VKontakte message was sent to a completely different user to whom they were planning or thoughtfully writing a text and accidentally clicked send, although this should not have been done yet. Actually, if you have landed on this page, you are probably looking for an opportunity to correct your mistake. There are ways to delete a message sent to a friend, but they are not one hundred percent. Therefore, if the situation does not require sacrifices and the issue can be resolved simple explanation If the recipient knows that the letter was not addressed to him, then it is better not to bother and do so. Well, for those who urgently need to clean up their correspondence, read on.
How to delete a message from another person
I assume you know how to delete messages in your own conversation. Today you need to select one or more messages (hold ctrl and select) and click on Trash (in 2017, instead of a button, an icon).
Of course, nothing will be deleted from the interlocutor in this way. If you want a video (which is uploaded directly, not from the list) from the dialogue, I’ll make you happy, it’s possible. You need to open what you want to remove and click Delete. Let's look at the image.
With audio recordings and videos (which are from your list on the page), everything is more tricky. To make them disappear from the conversation, you must first remove them from your playlist. Documents are not deleted immediately, but after some time.
Let's move on to text messages and links. It's even more difficult here. We immediately discard the interlocutor’s options, because this is from the realm of fantasy; in any case, the message will be read before you get your login and password. The next method, which is also found on the Internet, is to mark the messages of the recipient of your “left” letter as spam. Today this will not work; VKontakte algorithms will not consider regular correspondence as spam and will not delete the entire dialogue. The last option left to delete a message from another user is to spam him. In this dialogue, where you sent the wrong letter, you need to add all sorts of links to suspicious resources (as far as your imagination and search for various nonsense is enough). The downside is that you may be blocked for spam, but the entire conversation will be deleted. As a last resort, you can always tell your interlocutor that your page was hacked and it wasn’t you. And apologize to him. In the general pile of all sorts of links, he may not notice a message that compromises you.
Hello everyone, friends!
Social network is a very convenient means of communication. But sometimes, when we correspond, we send the wrong thing or to the wrong place. Don't panic - the solution is simple. Let's look at how to delete a message on VK so that it disappears not only from you, but also from your interlocutor.
From computer
So far, VKontakte does not allow you to delete sent information from you and your interlocutor whenever you want. At any time, you can eliminate correspondence only in your dialog interface. After such manipulations, your interlocutor retains the data.
But if 24 hours have not passed since the moment of sending, the situation can be corrected. Moreover, if the user does not have time to read the message within 24 hours, he will never read it - it will completely disappear. At least on social media.
Step 1. Go to the desired dialog and click on the sent message that you want to delete. Regardless of when the correspondence took place, a panel with a basket will appear at the top.
Step 2. Click on the cart. If 24 hours have already passed, the data will immediately disappear and you will be able to restore it. But in this case, you only play with one goal - the other user will have the data.
If the day has not yet expired, the dialog box will be slightly different. VK will ask you to choose whether to delete it for everyone or only on its side. Check the box so that the message disappears from the user on the other side. After this, recovery will remain possible for some time - until you close or refresh the page.
A day doesn’t seem like much. But it was impossible to do this before. And the simplicity of the scheme allows you to quickly send a thoughtless message to the trash, even if the user is online.
From phone
If you use the VKontakte application, then you will not be able to get rid of the letter from yourself and your interlocutor - the social network does not yet provide such functionality. You will be able to remove information only on your page. Perhaps the functionality will be expanded later.
The solution is simple - use a mobile browser. The actions are similar - select a block, check the box next to “Delete for everyone” and confirm your intention. Small difference between desktop and mobile versions– only in the interface. To get to the liquidator button on your smartphone, you need to click on the ellipsis.
Delete the dialogue
You can remove the entire dialogue with one click. To do this, on the block with the interlocutor in the “Messages” tab, you need to click on the cross. In this case, only your correspondence will disappear; the other user will still have it.
How to delete all correspondence
If you need to clear the entire history (for example, if you want to delete fake messages), then either manually delete all the dialogues, as in the screenshot above, or use a special bot for VK, which will do everything automatically. For example, Sobot.
Download and install the program on your PC, add an account.
Enter your VKontakte profile information. If you are not using a proxy, drag the slider to the “On” position.
The “Clear dialogs” functionality we need is hidden in the “Functions” tab. Move the slider to the “On” position and click “Continue”.
The bot will clear all dialogs. In this case, the information will remain with the interlocutors.
Questions on the topic
Despite the simplicity of the scheme, in some situations you may have some difficulties and questions. We answer them in advance.
- What if you deleted a message without checking the “For everyone” checkbox?
In this case, you need to find, select deleted messages and click on the “Recover” button. After this, the data will appear again - now you can repeat the procedure, but according to all the rules.
This method works if you immediately came to your senses and did not close the page. As soon as the page is refreshed, the ability to restore anything will disappear.
- What should you do if you click on the trash can, but there is no “Delete for everyone” option?
If this item is not present, it means the message is old - sent more than 24 hours ago. To clear the email field for yourself and another user, you can try the spam scheme. There is no other way yet.
- Will the recipient know that the email has been deleted?
In the recipient’s dialogue itself, after your manipulations, there will not be even a hint of the previous data. If the user has not read the letter, then there is a chance that he will not know about it. But perhaps the person has incoming notifications set up - either email, or via SMS. Therefore, you shouldn’t hope to completely cover your tracks.
- Will correspondence disappear after the VK account is liquidated?
No, it doesn't work. Even after deleting your account, all your messages will remain visible to another user. Only in front of your avatar there will be a dog, and the recipient will no longer have the opportunity to correspond with you.
- Is it possible to destroy correspondence if you are on the interlocutor’s blacklist?
No, in this case you will be able to remove the message only on your side.
- What if your message was forwarded to someone else?
Correspondence between you and your interlocutor will be lost. The third recipient will keep the letter. For it to disappear, it requires the efforts of the user with whom you personally corresponded.
- Is it possible to delete an unsent message?
Sometimes, due to technical glitches, the message does not reach the recipient. If this happens to you, you will know about it by the red circle with a white exclamation mark next to the letter.
To ensure that the information subsequently does not end up in the hands of another person, click on the round icon and do what is true for a normal situation.
- Are there special applications or services for removing “stale” messages?
No, there are no working tools - neither from VKontakte nor from third-party developers. If you are offered to use the help of any program, be on your guard - it may be a scam. At this point, it is impossible to completely remove messages that are more than a day old.
Conclusion
It’s easy to remove information from correspondence from both you and the recipient. But you need to hurry - 24 hours after sending, the possibility of cleaning disappears. If you don’t have time, the user will be able to read correspondence at any time. All other methods either do not guarantee results or do not work.
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What to do if you sent the wrong thing to the wrong person. By accident, I wrote a message to the wrong person. I wrote in the heat of the moment something that shouldn’t have been sent. Agree, this can happen to any of us.
And now, the message is gone. Naturally, the question immediately arises: is it possible to delete a VKontakte message before it has been read? This is what we will talk about today in our article.
You are free to delete sent messages within one day. After this, the tool for deleting the message will disappear. If someone promises you that they can delete old messages using a program, don’t believe it, it’s a scam.
Most likely you will get caught out of money, or your account login information will be stolen. In this connection, I warn you - do not enter your personal data for authorization on third-party services and programs.
Most often, personal information is stolen in this way to be used for personal gain. Well, within twenty-four hours, you can delete your message regardless of whether you read it or not.
Instructions:
Efficiency
I can't say how effective it is to delete sent messages in the hope that no one will read them. For example, all messages sent to me on VK are automatically sent to my email.
This means that if the interlocutor deletes his message on VK, I will still read it in the mail. That is, I will know what was sent to me and then deleted.
In addition, if I managed to read the message before you delete it, then I can forward it to another person. But you can’t delete it in any way.
So, before sending anything to your interlocutor, take your time, check everything and think it over, and only after that start a dialogue.
Even if you made a mistake and sent the wrong thing. Or to the wrong recipient at all, then maybe you can just apologize and explain the situation. It will be more honest and better than frantically trying to fix everything.
Black list
For example, you sent a message and the interlocutor read it. After reading it, he immediately blacklisted you - because it doesn’t matter. After this action, you will no longer be able to delete your message from him.
It will only be removed from your page. And it will remain on it and will remind the interlocutor why he blacklisted you.
Deleting a page
Many people think that by deleting a page they can get rid of all messages. This is fundamentally wrong. If you delete your account, the messages will not be lost; they will remain with those with whom you communicated, only with a note that the page has been deleted.
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The long-awaited feature is finally available on VKontakte. Now we can edit and delete messages. As for the change, we have already dealt with this (see). Now let's learn delete sent messages on VK.
Are there any restrictions
Sent messages are available for deletion and editing no later than 24 hours after they were sent. All messages that are older than one day will be deleted as before - only from your correspondence. The interlocutor will keep a copy.
How to delete a sent message on VKontakte
Go to your page, find and open a dialogue with the user you are interested in. Find the message you need and click on it with the mouse cursor. It will be highlighted, and an additional menu will appear at the top of the window. Here we click on the icon in the form of a basket.
An additional window will appear asking you to confirm the operation. Be sure to check the “Delete for everyone” checkbox, otherwise a copy of the message will remain with the interlocutor. Next, click the “Delete” button.
After this, the message will completely disappear from your correspondence. You can check - ask the person with whom you are corresponding. I guarantee he will confirm the fact of deletion.
What about the old correspondence?
If you try to delete old messages, the usual function will work (see).
Select the desired text and delete it. The interlocutor will keep a copy. In the meantime, if you don’t refresh the page, you can restore it.
Therefore, if you mistakenly sent information that the interlocutor should not have seen, remove it within 24 hours.
Conclusion
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