# Deleting PMs **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback\ **Created:** [November 20, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323 "2023-11-20T11:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/1 "2023-11-20T11:54:53Z")
Sorry, this must be a dumb as all heck post. but how do I delete my inbox messages? when in message I tried to hit the trash can and get this message: You don’t have permission to delete this topic. If you really want it to be deleted, submit a flag for moderator attention together with reasoning. when in the inbox I see no check boxes, holding and waiting for a prompt doesnt happen, just the usual"open in new tab" type window. Ifeel bad for asking, as Iknow it has to be ultra simple. but I just cant see it…where is the delete/empty type button? cheers for any help 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/2 "2023-11-20T12:12:22Z")
They’re basically private posts, so you can’t delete them. There’s no size limit, so you can just ignore them ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/3 "2023-11-20T12:16:08Z")
> [@TT](#): > > They’re basically private posts, so you can’t delete them. There’s no size limit, so you can just ignore them not worried about size limits, just wanto delete PMs I helped others make as they are not to do with me nor with people I associate with normally. that’s probably.my mistake, I thought they were able to be deleted… ---
**Author:** ![bdog](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bdog](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bdog)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/4 "2023-11-20T12:16:26Z")
They are owned by the Forumosa corporation. ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/5 "2023-11-20T12:19:26Z")
farck 😶‍🌫️ ---
**Author:** ![volv1992](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/volv1992/32/105503_2.png) [@volv1992](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/volv1992)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/6 "2023-11-20T12:19:53Z")
> [@bdog](#): > > They are owned by the Forumosa corporation. Are @Explant "s PM’s for sale? I’ll start bidding at 100$ NTD ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/7 "2023-11-20T12:22:25Z")
I don’t have access to PMs, but do you think they’re worth that much? ---
**Author:** ![bdog](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bdog](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bdog)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/8 "2023-11-20T12:23:10Z")
I believe they were already sold to Google. But subsequently crashed their servers due to lack of punctuation. ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/9 "2023-11-20T12:34:36Z")
> [@bdog](#): > > I believe they were already sold to Google. But subsequently crashed their servers due to lack of punctuation. ok, that one actually made me laugh out loud. touche. i already had to edit it because my phone wrote it PMS. It was a bit much, even for me 😂 but on a serious note, no one cares about being connected to strangers anymore? liability? etc… I always thought deleting private messages was pretty standard procedure. like emails. nothing really bad if course, but helping people.message others because they cannot etc. and I dont know the other person etc. going forward, I wont. but it’s good to know that private messages are permanent here. I literally never would have thought that a thing, until now. I miss old internet 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/10 "2023-11-20T12:41:16Z")
> [@Explant](#): > > but on a serious note, no one cares about being connected to strangers anymore? liability? etc… With email the other person still has a copy after you delete your copy > [@Explant](#): > > I always thought deleting private messages was pretty standard procedure. like emails I haven’t deleted an email since I got on GMail about 2004 > [@Explant](#): > > it’s good to know that private messages are permanent here. I literally never would have thought that a thing, until now Exactly like every post ---
**Author:** ![user86](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/2acd7d/32.png) [@user86](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/user86)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/11 "2023-11-20T12:51:31Z")
You can delete private chats so they don’t take up any visual space in your chat list, but not private messages. ![Chat](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/8/3/830177f7773c2af7fd57e9de00d453206fca02dc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![meishijia](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/meishijia/32/178949_2.png) [@meishijia](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/meishijia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/12 "2023-11-20T12:53:30Z")
> [@bdog](#): > > They are owned by the Forumosa corporation. I’ve often wanted to delete my account on this platform and all my posts and comments with it, but I don’t think it’s allowed. If it is, someone contact me about it ---
**Author:** ![user86](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/2acd7d/32.png) [@user86](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/user86)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/13 "2023-11-20T12:56:19Z")
> [@meishijia](#): > > I’ve often wanted to delete my account on this platform and all my posts and comments with it Don’t we all. > [@meishijia](#): > > I don’t think it’s allowed. It would certainly make the threads harder to follow, if there are a bunch of deleted posts. In any case, there is a procedure where you can have all your posts disassociated from your user name. You’ll need to contact Tempogain for that. ---
**Author:** ![slawa](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/slawa/32/112823_2.png) [@slawa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/slawa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/14 "2023-11-20T12:57:37Z")
Deleting posts will make many threads illegible. One can request to anonymize the account. Then all posts will be associated with some random Anonymous7232 account. Edit: I posted basically same thing as HongKonger at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![BigDave](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bigdave/32/181371_2.png) [@BigDave](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BigDave)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/15 "2023-11-20T13:01:02Z")
> [@slawa](#): > > One can request to anonymize the account. Do they have to explain why they want it anonymised? Or do you just do it upon request? ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/16 "2023-11-20T13:09:23Z")
It’s not really much different from a member name change as far as we’re concerned. ---
**Author:** ![user86](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/2acd7d/32.png) [@user86](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/user86)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/17 "2023-11-20T13:14:49Z")
True. Even if the posts are anonymized, they are still associated with one another because they will still share the same user name. ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/18 "2023-11-20T13:20:13Z")
> how do I delete my inbox messages? The thing is, you’d also be deleting someone else’s PM, or everyone’s PM in a group message. You can remove yourself from the PM which will take it out of your inbox. Look for the Add or Remove button under the OP. ---
**Author:** ![BigDave](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bigdave/32/181371_2.png) [@BigDave](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BigDave)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/19 "2023-11-20T13:32:24Z")
But what happens to the email associated with it? Deleted? Or is the email just linked to the anonymous account? ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323/20 "2023-11-20T13:46:42Z")
Email is deleted. [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/deleting-pms/235323.md?page=2)