Is is possible to selectively delete Messages on Catalina?
I currently have Keep messages: "Forever" enabled.
My daughter is a inveterate Messenger, and I want to keep some of her messages for sentimental reasons but I don't need the hundreds of "Yay. Thank you." or similar.
I have deleted all on my iPhone5S (running iOS12.4) but even there I would like the option to keep selected messages.
Alternatively is it possible to export selected messages? I can copy, but this loses timestamps.
Best Answer
It is possible to delete individual messages also in the Messages app on macOS. I don't know if exporting is possible.
These directions mostly come from this source. You can take a look at it if you like a bit more detail on selective deletion and directions for other Messages related actions on your Mac. The official help page for Messages on macOS is also here.