When we think of an online networking website, LinkedIn is the first one that comes to mind. Be it posting, connecting, collaborating, or job searching, LinkedIn is the place to be. With over 600 million users it is a culmination of powerful tools and features that helps you in putting one foot in the door of your dream career. Even LinkedIn's messaging tool makes it incredibly simple to interact with individuals and industry professionals. Though we might be surrounded by technology helping us every which way including drafting exquisite messages to people, we are all humans at the end of the day. Being a human makes it natural for us to make a mistake. For instance, there may have been times when you sent a message to a professional in your field without double-checking it, or perhaps you forgot to add a line. It is easy to mess up when you’re nervous! But don’t worry, you don’t need to live in the horror of an almost made mistake. Rather, you can erase or delete your message with just a click.
Here’s how you can Delete messages on LinkedIn Chat on your Browser.
- Go to your LinkedIn homepage and click on the ‘Messaging’ icon at the top.
- Now look for the message that you wish to delete.
- Click the ‘...’ More option in the chat and then click delete.
- Select Yes to delete the message.
- Select the conversation you’d like to delete from your messaging inbox.
- Tap the message you’d like to delete.
- Tap the Delete option.
- Then again select Delete to confirm.
- You can only delete the message within 60 minutes of sending it.
- Be sure about deleting your message, as you won't be able to retrieve it after deletion.
- When a message is deleted, it gets deleted for all the participants.
- You can still report a deleted message.
Even if the message is deleted, you can report it for its inappropriateness. The sender would not be notified about who reported them either. Here’s how you can report a message on LinkedIn:
- Go to your LinkedIn homepage and click on the ‘Messaging’ icon at the top.
- Tap and select the message you wish to report.
- Click the ‘...’ More option in the chat and then click Report.
- Tap the reason from the ‘Why are you reporting this?’ menu.
- Tap Submit to proceed.
- Select the message you want to Edit.
- Click the ‘...’ More option in the chat.
- Click Edit to make changes to your message and then click Save.
- Open the conversation you would like to Edit.
- Click the message you would like to Edit.
- Click Edit to make changes to your message and then click Save.