XF 1.1 Private Conversations - How to delete?

[onthefly]

How does one delete the private messages, can it only be done one by one or is there away to delete in larger quantities?

 

[Jake Bunce]

You can delete ALL private messages with some queries:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/imported-conversations.12467/#post-164602

Otherwise it's one by one. You can "delete" a PM from your inbox by leaving the conversation.

 

[onthefly]

You can delete ALL private messages with some queries:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/imported-conversations.12467/#post-164602

Otherwise it's one by one. You can "delete" a PM from your inbox by leaving the conversation.

Is this something xenforo is going to fix in the future?

 

[Paul B]

It's not broken.

Leaving a conversation is the equivalent to deleting it from your inbox in other software.
Once all participants have left the conversation, it is removed from the database.

 

[CTXMedia]

I suspect he meant having the ability to mass-delete PCs, as opposed to one-by-one?

 

[Paul B]

Mass editing tools are pencilled in for 1.2.

I'm not sure if that is just for the ACP or will also cover things such as this.

 

[CTXMedia]

Good to know - thanks Paul.

 

[Floris]

Due to legal implications on certain sites, having the ability as site owner to not retain certain conversations is almost a must. If it's worth a discussion to not post anything that you shouldn't, is not one to have. Things that seem okay at one point might suddenly be part of a legal matter in the future that you can't anticipate.

 

[onthefly]

It sure would be nice to have a little check box beside each message so one could check the ones they wanted to delete at once rather than one at a time

 

[lazer]

It sure would be nice to have a little check box beside each message so one could check the ones they wanted to delete at once rather than one at a time

+1 on this, after just having my VB DB imported to my test site....

 

[Syndol]

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/conversation-participants.25239/page-5#post-309489