How delete messages that appear in Phone Link but are not on my phone?

This happened to me, but someone suggested that the messages may be under Spam on my phone.

When I checked this was, indeed, the case and when I deleted the messages in my Spam folder on the phone, they disappeared from Phone Link on my PC.

Just a thought...

I have a similar issue.

I receive text messages on my phone link on my Windows 11 pc and NOT on my Samsung Phone! Since I cannot delete them in Phone Link they are stuck there. I can however, hide them.

If anyone knows how to delete these I would like to know how.

Hello, Bazsl1

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble with deleting text messages from Phone Link on Windows 11. Unfortunately, you cannot manage or delete messages on your PC with Phone Link, as you can see in this article: Send and receive text messages from your PC - Microsoft Support

This means that even if you delete a message on your phone, it will still remain on your PC app. This is a limitation of the current version of Phone Link and not a bug or error.

However, if you have a Samsung device, you may be able to delete messages from both your phone and PC by using the Link to Windows feature on your Samsung devices. This feature allows you to mirror your phone screen on your PC and access your phone apps, including messages. To use this feature, you need to have the Link to Windows app installed on your phone and the Phone Link app on your PC. You also need to sign in with the same Microsoft account on both devices. To delete messages using Link to Windows, follow these steps:

• On your PC, open the Phone Link app and select Link to Windows.
• On your phone, open the Link to Windows app and tap Start.
• Wait for your phone screen to appear on your PC.
• On your PC, use your mouse cursor to click the Messages app on your phone screen.
• Select the message thread that you want to delete and tap the Trash icon.
• Confirm that you want to delete the message thread.
• The message thread should be deleted from both your phone and PC.

The best course of action would be to provide your feedback and suggestions to the developers, expressing your desire for deleting messages in Phone Link app in future versions. To submit feedback to the developers, simultaneously press the Windows logo key and the F key on your keyboard. Please note that while your feedback is important, the decision lies with the developers and subsequent versions may or may not incorporate such changes.

Let me know if you have any other concerns.

Best regards

Yuhao Li

Microsoft Community Technical Support

There is no TRASH icon visible on your Phone Link app. Please elaborate.

Hi All,

It shouldn't matter is one is using the Native messaging app or a 3rd party, say Google Messaging, there is no spam folder and it has to be deleted from the phone so as to sync with the PC app. While it should be available to delete at the PC as an option, this for me seems to work well enough.

Hello, Bazsl1

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble with deleting text messages from Phone Link on Windows 11. Unfortunately, you cannot manage or delete messages on your PC with Phone Link, as you can see in this article: Send and receive text messages from your PC - Microsoft Support

This means that even if you delete a message on your phone, it will still remain on your PC app. This is a limitation of the current version of Phone Link and not a bug or error.

However, if you have a Samsung device, you may be able to delete messages from both your phone and PC by using the Link to Windows feature on your Samsung devices. This feature allows you to mirror your phone screen on your PC and access your phone apps, including messages. To use this feature, you need to have the Link to Windows app installed on your phone and the Phone Link app on your PC. You also need to sign in with the same Microsoft account on both devices. To delete messages using Link to Windows, follow these steps:

• On your PC, open the Phone Link app and select Link to Windows.
• On your phone, open the Link to Windows app and tap Start.
• Wait for your phone screen to appear on your PC.
• On your PC, use your mouse cursor to click the Messages app on your phone screen.
• Select the message thread that you want to delete and tap the Trash icon.
• Confirm that you want to delete the message thread.
• The message thread should be deleted from both your phone and PC.

The best course of action would be to provide your feedback and suggestions to the developers, expressing your desire for deleting messages in Phone Link app in future versions. To submit feedback to the developers, simultaneously press the Windows logo key and the F key on your keyboard. Please note that while your feedback is important, the decision lies with the developers and subsequent versions may or may not incorporate such changes.

Let me know if you have any other concerns.

Best regards

Yuhao Li

Microsoft Community Technical Support

this worked great for me... pretty easy.. thank you