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Most frequent Snapchatters know that every photo, video, and text sent on the app is grouped under their "Conversations." 

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Your conversations can be found by swiping right on Snapchat's home screen — this page is titled the Friends page. 

But sometimes conversations pile up. And there's not really an easy way to manage them, other than creating group chats to consolidate them. 

So if you are looking to wipe your conversations tab clean, follow the steps below. 

How to clear all conversations on Snapchat

1. Launch the Snapchat app on your iPhone or Android phone. 

2. On the home screen (where you take photos and videos), select your profile icon in the top left-hand corner. This will bring you to the menu. 

Tap the Menu icon in the top left. Meira Gebel/Business Insider

3. On the menu screen, tap the gear icon in the upper right-hand corner. This will take you to your Snapchat's Settings. 

Select the Settings icon. Meira Gebel/Business Insider

4. In Settings, scroll to find "Clear Conversations" under the submenu Account Actions. Select it. 

Scroll to find Clear Conversations. Meira Gebel/Business Insider

5. A list of all your Snapchat conversations will populate the screen. To the right of each username is an "x" icon — select it. 

Tap the "x" icon to the right. Meira Gebel/Business Insider

6. A pop-up will ask if you want to clear the conversation. Tap Clear. Repeat the action by going down the list of conversations. 

Select Clear to delete the conversation. Meira Gebel/Business Insider


Note that Snapchat will not delete any messages marked as "Saved" in the chat — and texts, photos, or videos that you have sent may still be accessible for whoever you sent it to.

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Meira Gebel is a freelance reporter based in Portland, Oregon. She writes about business, culture, and technology for Insider. Her work has been featured in Digital Trends, Willamette Week, USA Today, and more. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and San Francisco State University.  Feel free to reach out to her on Twitter, where she can be found most of the time, @MeiraGebel. Read more Read less

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