The way I do it is, on a thread flick up to expand thread and tape it. Then i 
can flick up to deleate one message.

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> On Dec 2, 2016, at 2:21 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Bear with me as this is a little lengthy.
> 
>  
> 
> I couldn't figure out how to delete messages from a thread without deleting 
> the entire thread.  The only way I could find was to turn off threading, then 
> delete the messages I didn't want to keep, then turn threading back on.
> 
>  
> 
> I first wrote to Apple accessibility, but the steps they gave me didn't 
> really work, though If I had kept swiping right, they probably would have, 
> but I ran out of patience with swiping.  I will explain that later.
> 
> I called Apple Accessibility, and found a very helpful guy.  He couldn't 
> figure it out either.
> 
> He then talked with the guy who had responded to my Email.  He still was 
> having difficulty.
> 
> Then, I accidentally deleted a single message but had no idea how.
> 
>  
> 
> I found another thread, and found that if I followed the steps on this one, 
> after 13 swipes to the right, yes, count them, 13; I found the more actions 
> button.  Double tapped, and then I could trash the one message.
> 
>  
> 
> I found a shorter way.  Partly, because another message I tried that with I 
> probably  would have had to swipe a lot more than 13 times.
> 
>  
> 
> The shorter way, is to follow these steps.
> 
>  
> 
> Open the thread.
> 
> Make sure the rotor is on messages.
> 
> Flick down to the message you want to delete from the thread.
> 
> Now, touch at the bottom left corner on Mark message--do not double tap--just 
> touch to get focus there.
> 
> Flick left once, then flick right twice, and you will be on the More Actions 
> button.
> 
> Double tap.
> 
> You will have these choices: Reply, Flag, Trash.
> 
> Double tap on Trash, and only that one message will be deleted.
> 
>  
> 
> The man I spoke with is going to write this up and suggest they at the very 
> least make the instructions more clear.
> 
> I'm hoping they can just make that More Actions button easier to get to.
> 
>  
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Richard
> 
>  
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