Thank you very much, Sieghard, for such an informative messages, I would keep 
it starred. My question, however, was about the messages in an email thread. 
How can I keep one or two messages from a thread of 10 messages? Thanks again.


ent from my iPhone

> On Sep 18, 2024, at 11:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I assume you are talking about text messages in the Messages app? If so, 
> then yes, you can do this:
> 1. Open the conversation by double tapping on the name
> 2. Go to the first message you want to delete and flick either up or down 
> until you get to "More", if this doesn't seem to work make sure you turn the 
> rotor so it's on "Actions"
> 3. Once you get to "More", double tap and this will select the message you 
> are on.
> 4. You can now flick right through all the messages and each one you want to 
> delete you double tap to selec, if you get to the one you want to keep, just 
> flick again to skip it.
> 5. When you selected all the messages check at the bottom of the screen and 
> you should see "Delete" and "Forward".
> 6. Double tap on Delete and you get the following confirmation prompt:
> These messages will be deleted from all your devices.
> Delete 5 messages, button
> 
> Comment:
> 1. Of course the number depends on how many you selected, I just tried this 
> to make sure it still works the same way and I happened to select 5 messages 
> from one of my conversations. If you select 3 then it would say "Delete 3 
> messages" and if you selected 26 it would say "Delete 26 messages".
> 2. Unfortunately it seems that in iOS 18 Voiceover does not say if a message 
> you double tapped on is selected or not. It's been a while since I deleted 
> selected messages from a conversation, but it used to indicate "selected" for 
> each message you double tapped on. I recommend that if your conversation 
> contains a lot of messages that you maybe delete them in smaller batches like 
> try first to delete 4 or 5, then another 5 and once you get comfortable with 
> it you can delete more if you want.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
> Mohammad Fazil
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 11:37 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Keeping a message from a thread?
> 
> Good morning, group!
> Can I keep one message of a thread? I mean if I have 16 message in a thread 
> and I want to keep message number five and delete the rest, can I do that? If 
> yes, how can it be done, please? Thanks!
> Sent from my iPhone
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