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calliex

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Messages on the watch are not removed when deleted on the phone. You can only delete one at a time. Is their some hidden way to erase messages off the watch.
Same goes for emails on the watch. I rarely try to read emails on the watch.
Does build up of texts and emails eat up memory on watch
 

Blowback

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Jan 10, 2018
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Messages on the watch are not removed when deleted on the phone. You can only delete one at a time. Is their some hidden way to erase messages off the watch.
Same goes for emails on the watch. I rarely try to read emails on the watch.
Does build up of texts and emails eat up memory on watch
Hmmm...just noticed that there is a 'clear all' for Notifications but not iMessage! I'd like to know this also?
Just did quick search of net and Apple Forums.....doesn't seem to be a way to do it...however, where do they go? The list doesn't seem to be all inclusive so they must delete over time ???
 
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firedept

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Only erase messages 1 at a time. It's a pain at times but Apple probably did this so people would not accidentally erase important messages. Does not eat up memory as far as I know in regard to emails and text.
 

drewaz

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Messages on the watch are not removed when deleted on the phone. You can only delete one at a time. Is their some hidden way to erase messages off the watch.
Same goes for emails on the watch. I rarely try to read emails on the watch.
Does build up of texts and emails eat up memory on watch
I think a text is auto deleted after 30 days
 
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BugeyeSTI

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Aug 19, 2017
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I don't have iMessage enabled on iCloud so I always have to delete messages on each device anyways but I usually delete things right after I read them except for a couple specific contacts. Never checked what happens to emails, I just figured they get deleted when you delete them on the phone..
 

Blowback

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Jan 10, 2018
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Only erase messages 1 at a time. It's a pain at times but Apple probably did this so people would not accidentally erase important messages. Does not eat up memory as far as I know in regard to emails and text.
Ahhhh... so it's a 'Feature'...?.
 
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calliex

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I don't read email on my watch but I do like getting the texts on it. I usually delete email and texts shortly after I get them. Would be nice to delete all at one time on the watch.
 
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