Opposite. I think over 50 Gigs of storage on my iPhone is from messages and photos/gifs/attachments in messages.
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Deleting iMessage Threads - Am I alone?
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You’re scared of your parents seeing how you actually are? Maybe become a better person ? Smh
This thread gives me autism.
What’s wrong with some of you people ?
I like keeping most of my messages. Sometimes you might want to check back on something from years ago and it will still be there. Why bother deleting them?
Especially if somehow something happened to someone.
I still have messages going back to 2017 on my old iPhone and it’s nice to remember.
I do sometimes randomly delete media from conversations though if it’s irrelevant and to save storage but text doesn’t use much data.
What’s wrong with some of you people ?
I like keeping most of my messages. Sometimes you might want to check back on something from years ago and it will still be there. Why bother deleting them?
Especially if somehow something happened to someone.
I still have messages going back to 2017 on my old iPhone and it’s nice to remember.
I do sometimes randomly delete media from conversations though if it’s irrelevant and to save storage but text doesn’t use much data.
I keep all my threads with my wife and sons. All others I delete. I really enjoy having years of threads to look back on.
I clean it all up about weekly.
I save photos as they come in (if I want them)...but beyond that I like my message list to be somewhat timely and relevant...and at times totally empty.
iMessage is more of a tool for me and less of an ongoing diary or scrapbook type of thing.
I save photos as they come in (if I want them)...but beyond that I like my message list to be somewhat timely and relevant...and at times totally empty.
iMessage is more of a tool for me and less of an ongoing diary or scrapbook type of thing.
I delete all messages so i always start fresh
my former girlfriend was always upset because she was thinking i had a lover or something to hide 🤓
my former girlfriend was always upset because she was thinking i had a lover or something to hide 🤓
I’m a minimalist and hate clutter of any kind, which includes digital clutter.
I keep 10 apps on my phone, I clear my call history after every phone call, I clear all of my text messages, I don’t have any music downloaded and I keep a minimal amount of photos on my phone. That’s simply how I choose to live.
I’m also not particularly sentimental and would never go back and read old text messages.
I keep 10 apps on my phone, I clear my call history after every phone call, I clear all of my text messages, I don’t have any music downloaded and I keep a minimal amount of photos on my phone. That’s simply how I choose to live.
I’m also not particularly sentimental and would never go back and read old text messages.
…because I don’t want to become a better person, and it’s just easier to delete texts. Thanks for chiming in, though!
Ha - yeah, my girlfriend hates that I do this. Not only does she think it’s shady behavior, she feels like I’m somehow “deleting her” when I do it. Woof.
I only delete marketing messages. Ones from friends and family are kept and moved from phone to phone.
It’s nothing “so awful.”
Mainly just cursing and crass humor with my buddies that my parents wouldn’t really appreciate it, along with some sexual conversations and nude photos from lady fiends. Just stuff I don’t need them seeing if I’m laying dead in a ditch somewhere.
It’s not a big deal.
I never delete.
it used to be a bad habit but after having friends die I’m grateful I have something to look back at. I have text from 8+ years back
it used to be a bad habit but after having friends die I’m grateful I have something to look back at. I have text from 8+ years back
Most parents don’t want to know everything about their kids. Those who do usually regret it.
Ive seen parents after they’ve read messages they were never supposed to see. They regret looking, the person gone would regret not deleting it and it’s just a bad situation. Deleting isn’t always an awful idea.
Ok deep painful self reflection here: reading this thread I realised again how attached I am to certain things, or how afraid of losing something... so in some way the idea of „just deleting“ your chats seems like a relieving cleanser? I don’t know. Never occurred to me before.
I have a few that i keep like group family ones and some friends\relatives that i have ongoing chats with but a lot of messages get deleted once i'm done with them. I'm similar with email to an extent in that i dont like a clutted inbox so apps like messages, whatsapp etc i keep them fairly tidy.
I see that terms such as “OCD” and “Autism” are used in this thread as if they are not real conditions.
Not cool.
To be honest I am not even fully convinced this thread really belongs to the iOS forum.
Sorry to hear that.
Sorry to hear that.
Unfortunately Obsessive Compulsive Disorders can get much more extreme than this.
No, it doesn't.
Not cool.
To be honest I am not even fully convinced this thread really belongs to the iOS forum.
Sorry to hear that.
Sorry to hear that.
Unfortunately Obsessive Compulsive Disorders can get much more extreme than this.
No, it doesn't.
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😂 for me it’s the exact opposite. I have anxieties of accidentally deleting a message, god forbid a thread. I like to use it as an archive of memories or a library of just things that can be useful at a later point. At basically zero cost, since disk space has become so invaluable.
I’d just wish for better search functionality.
I’d just wish for better search functionality.
This whole thread is pretty bizarre to me. I'd never even considered deleting messages. Emails I put in an archive so that I know what needs dealing with in my inbox, but WhatsApp/iMessage? What's the tangible benefit? How long do you spend looking at the empty list of messages that having a "clean" list is even a feeling you can enjoy?