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It seems message threads and individual messages need to be deleted separately on the Mac. Deleting them on the iPhone doesn't seem to delete them on the Mac - unless something wrong with my setup Believe I have messages set up in iCloud.
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Hi, waldhaus!
Thanks for asking about managing your Messages here in the Apple Support Communities. It looks like you want to be able to delete a message or thread from one device, like your iPhone, and have it also delete from other devices, specifically your Mac. We're happy to help!
If you're using iMessage and SMS forwarding, this allows your message to be received on other devices from your iPhone. It does not sync deletion across device, however. For this, Messages in iCloud needs to be enabled on all devices: Keep all your messages in iCloud - Apple Support.
If you've already got Messages in iCloud enabled but are still not seeing management of your messages sync to other devices, you can try the following steps:
Cheers.
Hi, waldhaus!
Thanks for asking about managing your Messages here in the Apple Support Communities. It looks like you want to be able to delete a message or thread from one device, like your iPhone, and have it also delete from other devices, specifically your Mac. We're happy to help!
If you're using iMessage and SMS forwarding, this allows your message to be received on other devices from your iPhone. It does not sync deletion across device, however. For this, Messages in iCloud needs to be enabled on all devices: Keep all your messages in iCloud - Apple Support.
If you've already got Messages in iCloud enabled but are still not seeing management of your messages sync to other devices, you can try the following steps:
Cheers.
That was very helpful. I also turned off keep messages forever thinking that was part of the problem.
Thanks
Thanks for following up, waldhaus!
We were glad to be of assistance.
Have a wonderful day!
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