If you use Facebook Messenger, you’re probably used to receiving spam messages and texts from people you don’t know. This can be quite annoying and sometimes it is not easy to find the option to delete a contact from the Messenger app. With billions of users, the Messenger app still doesn’t seem user-friendly when it comes to questions like these. Setting up Messenger is a little confusing, but with these instructions, deleting a contact from the app will be a piece of cake.
In this article, you’ll learn more about Messenger options and how to delete, block, or unfriend an unwanted contact.
Delete contacts in Messenger
If you’re a Facebook Messenger user, you probably know that there’s no option to delete a contact in settings. However, some options will prevent you from seeing annoying contacts in Messenger. Also, there are some options where you can delete the contact completely if you are fed up with them. Instead of simply deleting the chat with a person, you can remove them from your friends list permanently.
This is how you can delete your Messenger contacts:
- Open the Messenger app and sign in.
- The “Chats” screen will automatically appear. At the bottom right of the screen, click the “People” icon.
- Click on the contact book that appears in the upper right corner of the screen.
- All your Messenger contacts will be available to view.
- Find the contact you want to delete and click on it. Your chat with that person will open.
- Click the information icon in the upper right corner.
- In the next window, look for the “Block” option.
Since there is no delete button in Messenger, blocking your contact is a good alternative. With the “Block” button, you will no longer be able to receive messages or calls from that contact. However, your Facebook account will not be blocked and you will continue to see your posts, stories, comments, etc. Plus, if you’re in a shared group chat with a blocked contact, you’ll still be able to communicate. with them and see what they write.
To completely delete a contact, you’ll also need to block them on Facebook.
How to restrict contacts in Messenger
If the “Block” option is too cruel for you, there are alternatives to seeing less of certain people in the Messenger app. If you want to restrict a contact’s content without blocking them, here’s what you do:
- Open the Messenger app and sign in.
- From the “Chats” screen, click the “People” icon at the bottom right.
- Next, click on the icon that looks like a contact book.
- Now you can find the contact you want to restrict from your contact list and click on it.
- The chat with that person will open.
- Click the information icon in the upper right corner.
- Scroll down the new window and click “Restrict.”
Restrict a contact:
- Remove them from your chat list
- Stop any notifications from them
- Hide your status
- Don’t let them see you when you’re online
- Not notifying them that you restricted them
The restriction button will only be available to people you have previously had a conversation with. For contacts you haven’t chatted with, only the “Block” button will appear.
How to delete a contact in group chat in Messenger
When you block a specific contact, they remain available to communicate in a group chat. If you want to remove them from the group chat, follow these steps:
- Open the Messenger app.
- Find group chat with unwanted contacts.
- Click on the information icon and look for the “View Members” option.
- All members of the group chat will be displayed.
- Click on the one you want to remove and tap on the “Remove from group” option.
Keep in mind that you can only remove someone from the group chat in Messenger if you are an administrator of the group. Otherwise, the “Remove from Group” option will not appear on your screen. Instead, you can block that person. To find the “Block” option, follow the same steps described above.
How to delete phone contacts in Messenger
You may feel overwhelmed with annoying messages from your friends on Facebook Messenger, but also from people in your device’s phone book. Your Messenger app is probably synced with your device and that’s why you’re receiving messages from people who aren’t on your Facebook friends list.
If you only want to see messages from your Facebook friends, here’s how to remove non-friends in Messenger:
- Open the messaging app.
- In the upper left corner, click the icon with your profile photo.
- In the new window, scroll down until you find the “Phone Contacts” option.
- There you will find all the contacts that were added to your Messenger.
- Then click on the “Manage Contacts” option.
- To delete all contacts from the phone, click on the “Delete all contacts” option.
If you don’t want to completely delete contacts from your phone, you can do it one by one, selecting only the ones you don’t want to see in Messenger. All you have to do is find them in your contact list, open your chat with them, look for the information icon and tap on the “Block” option.
Another option is to disable automatic syncing. That way, you’ll only have your Facebook friends in the Messenger app. This is how you do it:
- Open Messenger and click on the profile icon in the top left corner.
- Scroll down until you find the “Phone Contacts” option.
- Click on the “Upload Contacts” option
- There you can easily disable syncing by clicking on the “Disable” option.
How to delete contacts in Messenger by deleting them
A good way to remove annoying contacts from Messenger is to unfriend them on Facebook. By doing so, you will not receive any messages from them in any of the applications. To unfriend someone through Messenger, follow these steps.
- Open the Messenger app.
- Click on the “People” option in the lower right corner of the screen.
- Find the contact list by clicking the icon that looks like a phone book.
- Select the contact and your chat will open.
- Find the information icon and click on it.
- After that, you will find the “Profile” option just below their picture.
- You will be directed to your Facebook account where you can unfriend them.
Choose who you want to communicate with
Messenger options can be confusing at times. But there are ways to delete, block, restrict, or unfriend someone you no longer want to communicate with. However, they will know that you have blocked them. Facebook will tell you or you can see for yourself. If they can’t see your profile picture or can’t write to you anymore, it means you’ve blocked them. People have a large number of conversations in their chat apps, so they may not even realize that they have been blocked.
Have you ever deleted a contact from Facebook Messenger? Did you use any of the tips and tricks in this article? Tell us in the comments p below.
