# How to delete private messages?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-private-messages/51202>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [7. Oktober 2016 um 00:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-private-messages/51202 "2016-10-07T00:25:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Post date:** [1. November 2017 um 08:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-private-messages/51202/7 "2017-11-01T08:48:56Z")

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Doing that for many topics requires a lot of patience, or some fiddling around in the Rails console.

[Given that you recently imported](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-email-verification-with-sso-and-discobot-messages/73191), I’d recommend that you disable these messages and re-import instead, just as @pfaffman recommended [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-email-verification-with-sso-and-discobot-messages/73191/3) 🙂

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