Allow for bulk deletion of chat messages

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The discussion is about the need for bulk deletion of chat messages in Discourse. not-ethan points out that currently, only moving channels is possible, and bulk deletion would be more efficient, especially when dealing with spam messages. mcwumbly suggests a workaround by creating a private channel and moving the messages there, but acknowledges the need for bulk deletion. JammyDodger updates that bulk deletion is now possible, linking to the relevant GitHub commit.

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Currently when selecting messages in chat the only moderation action is moving the channel. You should be able to also bulk delete them. For example if somebody spams a bunch of messages instead of selection them and then bulk deleting you need to do it one by one. @mcwumbly did give a good suggestion by having a channel you can move it to instead but bulk deleting would still be better

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not-ethan

Are we going to be able to bulk delete messages like posts in a topic?

For example if somebody spams a lot of messages you currently need to delete them one by one

(I needed to do this the other day)

mcwumbly

Folks have brought this up, but I haven't heard as strong as a case for it as you just made now. Seems like a think that'd be helpful in this scenario. A workaround in the meantime: create a private channel and bulk-move the messages there

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Just to round this one out, I believe this is now possible. :tada: :slight_smile:

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9889547475e6f06e0dc58340984eefda4c0da0c1

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