You may think about closing your chat with someone if you don't talk to this person often, or you want to tidy up your chat list.
You can close a direct message chat (or DM, for short) with someone in your chat list, but you can't close a group chat.
Closing a chat doesn't delete the messages or your contact.
If this person sends you a new message, the chat reappears on your chat list.
1
From the tab bar, tap Messages
. 2
Find the chat you want to close and long-press it.
3
To permanently delete all messages for yourself or delete your messages for the recipient, tap Clear history
instead.