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how to Shift-select a range of Whatsapp messages for deletion

I hv a few very active wasapp groups tt I often housekeep most of the messages so that the 30GB phone storage dont run out. however it takes a long time to select one by one the hundreds of messages: is there a way to do shift -select like in Windows?

I cud do it by connectg phone to PC but usually while waiting for buses or in the queue, I do this housekeepg

Andrew Leniart

Hi sunhux,

Please see:

https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/wp/30081359/
and
https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/23741041/?category=5245251

How do I select multiple messages?

If you wish to select multiple messages at a time, please follow these steps:

Tap the left edge of any message or media in a chat.
Select messages or media by tapping the boxes (you can scroll up and down).
Once you are done selecting, choose the desired action: forward, copy or delete.

The following could also be of help to you:

To delete messages for everyone:

Open WhatsApp and go to the chat containing the message you wish to delete.
Tap and hold the message. Optionally, tap more messages to delete multiple messages at once.
Tap Delete at the top of the screen > Delete for everyone.

Source: https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/26000068/

Topics covered: Delete messages for everyone / Delete messages for yourself

Those short help articles should help you achieve what you're trying to do.

I hope that's helpful.

Regards, Andrew

sunhux

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So for the steps provided, if there are 50 whatsapp messages to be deleted,
do I tap 50 times (ie once on each message) or just twice (once on the 1st
message, then select the 50th & tap again)?

I can't get the instructions right

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sunhux

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> I read those instructions as tapping on each message you want to delete.
Yes, the above was what I've been doing.

> I don't know of a way on the android where you can just tap the first, hold down on a shift and then tap the last
This is what I'm looking for.

Alternatively, I could run a tool from the PC, connect up the phone to select the 1st message, Shift-select on the last but this requires a PC

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Solutions below running on PC enable this Shift select:
https://www.pushbullet.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid

Andrew Leniart

Thanks for sharing that info sunhux. Please do update this thread and let us know how well it works out for you.

Regards, Andrew