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data-ajax-endpoint='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht1035/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" href='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht1035/14.0/mac/11.0' id='toc-item-ICHT1035' data-tocid='ICHT1035' > <span class='name'>Delete messages and conversations</span> </a> </li> <li> <a data-ss-analytics-link-component_name='Messages User Guide' data-ss-analytics-link-component_type='toc list' data-ss-analytics-link-text='View a friend’s location' class='toc-item' data-ss-analytics-link-url='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht18df1a6a/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ajax-endpoint='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht18df1a6a/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" href='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht18df1a6a/14.0/mac/11.0' id='toc-item-ICHT18DF1A6A' data-tocid='ICHT18DF1A6A' > <span class='name'>View a friend’s location</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <button class='section' data-ss-analytics-link-component_name='Messages User Guide' data-ss-analytics-link-component_type='toc list' data-ss-analytics-link-text='Customize Messages' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='node-children-ICHT4ED566A5' onClick='' > <span class='name'>Customize Messages</span> </button> <ul id='node-children-ICHT4ED566A5' class='non-leaf-node-children'> <li> <a data-ss-analytics-link-component_name='Messages User Guide' data-ss-analytics-link-component_type='toc list' data-ss-analytics-link-text='Change preferences' class='toc-item' data-ss-analytics-link-url='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/ichtcd5737fa/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ajax-endpoint='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/ichtcd5737fa/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" href='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/ichtcd5737fa/14.0/mac/11.0' id='toc-item-ICHTCD5737FA' data-tocid='ICHTCD5737FA' > <span class='name'>Change preferences</span> </a> </li> <li> <a data-ss-analytics-link-component_name='Messages User Guide' data-ss-analytics-link-component_type='toc list' data-ss-analytics-link-text='Create your Memoji' class='toc-item' data-ss-analytics-link-url='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/ichta6e06677/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ajax-endpoint='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/ichta6e06677/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" href='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/ichta6e06677/14.0/mac/11.0' id='toc-item-ICHTA6E06677' data-tocid='ICHTA6E06677' > <span class='name'>Create your Memoji</span> </a> </li> <li> <a data-ss-analytics-link-component_name='Messages User Guide' data-ss-analytics-link-component_type='toc list' data-ss-analytics-link-text='Block messages' class='toc-item' data-ss-analytics-link-url='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht1019/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ajax-endpoint='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht1019/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" href='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht1019/14.0/mac/11.0' id='toc-item-ICHT1019' data-tocid='ICHT1019' > <span class='name'>Block messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a data-ss-analytics-link-component_name='Messages User Guide' data-ss-analytics-link-component_type='toc list' data-ss-analytics-link-text='Create and manage contacts' class='toc-item' data-ss-analytics-link-url='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht35702/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ajax-endpoint='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht35702/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" href='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht35702/14.0/mac/11.0' id='toc-item-ICHT35702' data-tocid='ICHT35702' > <span class='name'>Create and manage contacts</span> </a> </li> <li> <a data-ss-analytics-link-component_name='Messages User Guide' data-ss-analytics-link-component_type='toc list' data-ss-analytics-link-text='Manage notifications' class='toc-item' data-ss-analytics-link-url='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht3a134ea1/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ajax-endpoint='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht3a134ea1/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" href='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/icht3a134ea1/14.0/mac/11.0' id='toc-item-ICHT3A134EA1' data-tocid='ICHT3A134EA1' > <span class='name'>Manage notifications</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a data-ss-analytics-link-component_name='Messages User Guide' data-ss-analytics-link-component_type='toc list' data-ss-analytics-link-text='Keyboard shortcuts' class='toc-item' data-ss-analytics-link-url='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/ichtc78b3bff/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ajax-endpoint='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/ichtc78b3bff/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" href='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/ichtc78b3bff/14.0/mac/11.0' id='toc-item-ICHTC78B3BFF' data-tocid='ICHTC78B3BFF' > <span class='name'>Keyboard shortcuts</span> </a> </li> <li> <a data-ss-analytics-link-component_name='Messages User Guide' data-ss-analytics-link-component_type='toc list' data-ss-analytics-link-text='Copyright' class='toc-item' data-ss-analytics-link-url='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/apd2185d6ee5/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ajax-endpoint='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/apd2185d6ee5/14.0/mac/11.0' data-ss-analytics-event="acs.link_click" href='https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/apd2185d6ee5/14.0/mac/11.0' id='toc-item-APD2185D6EE5' data-tocid='APD2185D6EE5' > <span class='name'>Copyright</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id='article-section-wrapper'> <div id='article-section' role='presentation'> <div class='AppleTopic apd-topic dark-mode-enabled book book-content'> <div><body dir="ltr" id="ichtc2090f11" class="AppleTopic apd-topic dark-mode-enabled" data-istaskopen="true" data-designversion="2" lang="en"><a name="ichtc2090f11"></a><figure class="topicIcon"><img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/ae8d596d44d76eddfb1ea9eb4772e949.png" alt="" height="30" width="30" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/AppIconTopic_Messages.png"></figure><h1>View a conversation in Messages on Mac</h1><p>When you have a conversation in Messages, you may receive items like photos (including <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/aside/glose37f4a46/14.0/mac/11.0" class="xRef Aside">Live Photos</a>), videos, audio messages, or shared notes. You can also receive fun items from iOS or iPadOS devices, such as handwritten messages, a Digital Touch heartbeat, or messages in invisible ink. You can view these items right in the conversation, or in Details view.</p><p>To find out how to send items in a message, see <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/send-messages-icht35827/14.0/mac/11.0" class="xRef AppleTopic">Send messages</a>.</p><div class="Alert"><p class="Tip"><strong class="tip">Tip: </strong>Double-click a conversation in the sidebar to open it in its own window.</p></div><p><a href="x-help-action://openApp?bundleId=com.apple.MobileSMS" class="URL">Open Messages for me</a></p><div id="icht21dff50d" class="Task"><h2 aria-controls="aria-icht21dff50d" class="Name">View photos and videos</h2><div class="TaskBody" role="region" aria-hidden="false" id="aria-icht21dff50d"><ol><li><p>In the Messages app <img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/ae8d596d44d76eddfb1ea9eb4772e949.png" alt="" height="30" width="30" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/AppIconTopic_Messages.png"> on your Mac, select a conversation.</p><p>To search for contacts and content in conversations, click in the Search field in the top-left corner and enter what you’re looking for. Or, choose from the suggested contacts, links, photos, and more.</p></li><li><p>To view photos and videos, do one of the following:</p><ul><li><p><em>View in the conversation: </em>View the photo, play the video, or double-click the file to open it in a Quick Look window.</p><div class="Alert"><p class="Note"><em>Note: </em>Live Photos have a Live Photo button <img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/258af9b59628e0c25b67f0137ca171b1.png" alt="" height="30" width="31" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/IL_LivePhoto.png"> in the top-left corner.</p></div></li><li><p><em>View in Details: </em>Click the Details button <img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/974db3c051f6ac0adaddf1e2fec1001e.png" alt="" height="30" width="30" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/IL_InfoCircle.png"> in the top-right corner of the conversation, scroll to Photos, then double-click a file to open it. The file appears in the Quick Look window, where you can then open it in its app. For example, click Open with Photos for a video.</p><div class="Alert"><p class="Note"><em>Note: </em>You can’t view a video or play a Live Photo in Details view. Instead, either open it in the conversation or Control-click it, then choose Add to Photos Library.</p></div></li></ul></li></ol><p>While viewing a photo or video in Details view, you can drag it to another document or the desktop.</p></div></div><div id="icht67dba50b" class="Task"><h2 aria-controls="aria-icht67dba50b" class="Name">Listen to audio messages</h2><div class="TaskBody" role="region" aria-hidden="false" id="aria-icht67dba50b"><p>An audio message appears in a conversation with its recorded length listed.</p><ol><li><p>In the Messages app <img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/ae8d596d44d76eddfb1ea9eb4772e949.png" alt="" height="30" width="30" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/AppIconTopic_Messages.png"> on your Mac, select a conversation.</p><p>To search for contacts and content in conversations, click in the Search field in the top-left corner and enter what you’re looking for. Or, choose from the suggested contacts, links, photos, and more.</p></li><li><p>Click the Play button <img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/2794f813e2c218d45b3f8b78ac4cfc1f.png" alt="" height="30" width="30" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/IL_PlayCircleBlue.png"> in the message.</p><p>After you listen to the message, it’s removed from the conversation in 2 minutes. To save it in the conversation, click Keep.</p></li></ol></div></div><div id="icht24f2bb60" class="Task"><h2 aria-controls="aria-icht24f2bb60" class="Name">View shared notes</h2><div class="TaskBody" role="region" aria-hidden="false" id="aria-icht24f2bb60"><p>If someone shares a note from the Notes app <span class="NoBreak"><img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/c3bda5a343373a897a1b6c805a212dab.png" alt="" height="30" width="30" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/AppIconTopic_Notes.png">, </span>you see a message with a link to the note. See <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/notes/apda5307056b" class="URL">Share notes and folders</a>.</p><ol><li><p>In the Messages app <img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/ae8d596d44d76eddfb1ea9eb4772e949.png" alt="" height="30" width="30" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/AppIconTopic_Messages.png"> on your Mac, select a conversation.</p><p>To search for contacts and content in conversations, click in the Search field in the top-left corner and enter what you’re looking for. Or, choose from the suggested contacts, links, photos, and more.</p></li><li><p>Find the message with the shared note, then click the note.</p><p>The note opens in the Notes app. The Shared icon appears next to the note in the list of notes.</p><figure><picture><source media="(not all)" srcset="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/ad71eab00795bb0774dddd3157e2651b.png" originalImageName="SharedArt/S0007_PeopleAddedtoNote~dark.png"></source><img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/7c382874bcda6e56eca54fe39d8af2f6.png" alt="A note that’s been shared with others, with the Shared icon to the left of the note’s name." height="99" width="262" originalImageName="SharedArt/S0007_PeopleAddedtoNote.png"></picture></figure></li></ol></div></div><div id="icht93e3a092" class="Task"><h2 aria-controls="aria-icht93e3a092" class="Name">View an item with invisible ink or other message effects</h2><div class="TaskBody" role="region" aria-hidden="false" id="aria-icht93e3a092"><p>With macOS Big Sur or later or an iOS or iPadOS device, any type of item (such as a text message or video) can be sent blurred with invisible ink. Other message effects like bubble animation (such as Slam Effect) or screen animation (such as fireworks) are visible on macOS Big Sur or later; however, friends who don’t have it just see text, such as “sent with Slam Effect.”</p><ol><li><p>In the Messages app <img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/ae8d596d44d76eddfb1ea9eb4772e949.png" alt="" height="30" width="30" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/AppIconTopic_Messages.png"> on your Mac, select a conversation.</p><p>To search for contacts and content in conversations, click in the Search field in the top-left corner and enter what you’re looking for. Or, choose from the suggested contacts, links, photos, and more.</p></li><li><p>In a conversation, hold the pointer over the item sent with invisible ink to “wipe” it away and view the item. The item is again blurred when you move your pointer away.</p></li></ol></div></div><div id="icht5bf5033e" class="Task"><h2 aria-controls="aria-icht5bf5033e" class="Name">View items from iOS and iPadOS devices</h2><div class="TaskBody" role="region" aria-hidden="false" id="aria-icht5bf5033e"><p> Using some iOS and iPadOS devices, people can send you handwritten messages and Digital Touch elements (like a sketch or heartbeat), and send payments with Apple Cash. Some of these items can only be viewed on an iOS or iPadOS device, but you can view others on your Mac.</p><div class="Alert"><p class="Note"><em>Note: </em>If someone sends an Apple Cash payment or request, you can see it on your Mac, but you can only respond to it on your iOS or iPadOS device.</p></div><ol><li><p>In the Messages app <img src="https://help.apple.com/assets/5FDCF587B5CA140B5620CEE5/5FDCF588B5CA140B5620CEEC/en_US/ae8d596d44d76eddfb1ea9eb4772e949.png" alt="" height="30" width="30" originalImageName="SharedGlobalArt/AppIconTopic_Messages.png"> on your Mac, select a conversation.</p><p>To search for contacts and content in conversations, click in the Search field in the top-left corner and enter what you’re looking for. Or, choose from the suggested contacts, links, photos, and more.</p></li><li><p>To view handwritten messages and Digital Touch elements, double-click the item in a conversation. It opens in a Quick Look window. To save the item as an image file, drag it to your desktop or a document.</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="Alert"><p class="Tip"><strong class="tip">Tip: </strong>To view the time a message was was sent, Control-click it in the <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-bw/guide/messages/aside/glos4b46dbb4/14.0/mac/11.0" class="xRef Aside">transcript</a> and choose Show Times. 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