Sometimes you don't want those Facebook messages to stay around forever. If could be embarrassing, or worse. you can quickly delete private messages that you have sent or received on your Facebook account. To do so, just follow these steps.
1, Sign on to your Facebook page. You can access your private message from your Home (newsfeed) page two ways. One is Click in the "messages" icon at the top of your Facebook account page. There are 3 icons located to the immediate right if the Facebook. The message icon is the second one, between the icon for friend request and the icon for notifications.And the second one is. From your Home (newsfeed) page, you can also click on "messages" which is located under your "Favorites" on the left margin of your page.
2, Click on the message you want to delete.
3, Click on the "Actions" link at the top of the message box. You will see a drop down menu.
4, Click on "Delete Conversation." A pop up warning will appear. One you delete your copy of the conversation it cannot be undone. You then have the option to delete the message or cancel the action.
5, Click "Delete Conversation." If you decide you don't want to delete it after all, you can click on "Cancel."
6, Continue to view message and delete them. You'll have to click on each message before you can delete it.