How do you delete all messages on lg 500g

Mark/Unmark LG 500g messages

Mark/Unmark LG 500g messages

How do you delete all messages on lg 500g instead of one at a time?

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Hi,

This questions comes up every now and then with LG phones because you need to scroll down to see the menu option.

Go to Menu -> Messages -> Inbox and select Options. Then scroll down until you get to Mark/Unmark and select it, then select Mark All. That will select all the messages. You can then delete all or individually unmark any you want to save and then delete all your unwanted messages.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
sb (admin)

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Jun 21, 2016
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Thanks so much
by: Anonymous

It immediately removed tons of
Messages...Thanks again!

Apr 04, 2016
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Instructions are for text messages
by: sb

Hi Mike,

These instructions are for deleting text messages not voicemails. The instructions for doing that do mention that you have to scroll down to see the mark/unmark option.

To delete voicemails, you have to check your voicemail and and use the voice prompts to navigate around the voicemail menu.


Apr 04, 2016
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worst phone
by: mike

by far, the worst phone, never again... cannot delete voicemail. tried to follow instructions.. says go to mark unmark.... no such thing,,, will tell everyone i know...

Jul 10, 2015
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DELETE
by: DEE

THERE IS NO MARK/UNMARK ON MY lG 500g phone underinbox options..

Feb 24, 2015
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Thanks a Million!
by: Anonymous

I've been trying for years to figure out how to delete all of my old messages. Thanks to your instructions I just deleted 400+ old messages.

Apr 16, 2014
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worst phone
by: Anonymous

this is by far the worst phone to do anything with ,, very poor design ,just like trying to delete all the messages at once

Apr 16, 2014
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I have room now
by: Anonymous

Thanks so much for the helpful message on deleting messages. It was pretty slow doing it one at a time!

Mar 12, 2014
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Huge Time Saver
by: Anonymous

Thanks for this VERY helpful hint....I have been trying to figure out how to free up space by deleting all messages at once for a while now!

Feb 27, 2014
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Glad to help
by: sb (admin)

You're welcome.

"My wife suggested that I Google my problem . . ."

There's a joke in there somewhere :-)

Feb 27, 2014
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Thank you !
by: Anonymous

I felt sure that there had to be a way to delete all messages, but could not figure it out. My wife suggested that I Google my problem, and presto, there you were! Thank you, thank you!

Dec 27, 2013
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Finally got rid of text messages:)
by: xenotech1

Thank you, I finally got rid of hundreds of messages.

Dec 22, 2013
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How do you delete all messages
by: Anonymous

Million thanks. Got rid of 500 in and out messages

Dec 07, 2013
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Thank You
by: Anonymous

Thank you for posting this I was getting tired of deleting them one at a time.

Dec 07, 2013
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Man I was sick of this...
by: Mad 44 yr old man

The book did not show how to delete the text msgs so I was deleting them one by one. I was telling peple not to text because I had a crappy $30 phone from Net10 and had to delete each text one by one.
I was back on the delete text one by one again until I did a Google search and found this site. Well thank God for you putting the answers on here. My fingers will no longer hurt and I can have about 20 minutes back to my life.
Thank you for posting this!!

Nov 20, 2013
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Thanks, very useful
by: Vasu

Thank you, very useful, I was struggling to find a way and the manual is pitiful.

Jul 26, 2013
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Thank you
by: Paul

Thank you thank you thank you thank you.

Jul 23, 2013
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deleting msgs
by: Anonymous

You are a champ as in the manual it does not tell you how to delete more than one msg at a time. Thank you.

Jul 20, 2013
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Thank you!
by: Tommy

Thank-you!! I knew there had to be a way!

Jul 12, 2013
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Thank You!!
by: Anonymous

Saved me from deleting 243 messages one at a time
: )

Dec 25, 2012
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Thank you!
by: Anonymous

I've looked for this answer everywhere, not even the manual had it. Thanks for the info., it helped me a lot :)

Nov 20, 2012
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Thanks
by: Anonymous

Thank you. Had another LG before this and it was simpler, just delete all with the delete button. This is the correct solution for the lg500g.

Sep 19, 2012
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Good solution, thank you for answer
by: Anonymous

Yes, thank you for explaining this. It should be much more straight forward to delete all messages, you shouldn't have to scroll down through menu items and select everything before you can delete it. It doesn't seem logical when compared to other phone interfaces...

Jul 03, 2012
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DELETE ALL LG500G
by: Anonymous

If there are no messages in your inbox, outbox etc. you won't see the mark/unmark option. There has to be be something there to delete before that option is available.

Apr 05, 2012
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For Anonymous
by: Anonymous

@Anonymous: click on whatever file you want to clean out ( inbox, outbox, etc ). Click OPTIONS. Go allll the way to the bottom of the OPTIONS menu and you should see Mark/Unmark with an arrow pointing to the right indicatin g a dropdown menu. Go to the dropdown and select MARK ALL. Then OPTIONS and DELETE. This will delete all of the messages. You'll get a pop-up asking if you want to delete ( number ) messages before they are deleted.

Mar 21, 2012
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Scroll all the way down
by: sb (admin)

Not visible on the list of options until you scroll all the way down (or up).

Mar 21, 2012
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Not working on my LG500
by: Anonymous

I have an LG 500 and there is no option for "mark all" on it, just have to delete one by one and I haven't had this phone long and love it other than that. I have 300 sent messages that I have to delete one by one, no other option! Helpppppp

Mar 08, 2012
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thank you
by: jmk

thank you. that was fast, concise, but most of all, easy

Feb 22, 2012
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thanks
by: Anonymous

thank you thank you

Feb 20, 2012
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delete all messages
by: dano

I am so happy I came across this site. Have been deleting one at a time and thought there had to be a better way. Says nada in manuals. THANKS ALOT!

Feb 12, 2012
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delete all
by: justonlyjo

thanks much!!

Jan 24, 2012
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How to delete all sent text messages
by: Anonymous

I am so glad I found your page. Neither Tracfone nor LG were able to tell me how to do this. Once on your site, I was able to delete those pesky messages. Thank you!

Dec 12, 2011
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Thank you!
by: Anonymous

We need geniouses like you to help us out! Thanks again!!

Nov 13, 2011
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easy
by: Anonymous

You are awesome! Thanks!

Nov 01, 2011
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YOU ARE AWESOME
by: wakitow

after realizing that you could do that i felt so retarded but now i know and you are amazing

Oct 25, 2011
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Deleting all messages
by: Susan

Thank you!!!! It was a chore to clean out the messages. The instruction book is not very good.

Sep 09, 2011
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THANK YOU SO MUCH
by: Anonymous

THIS WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY - I JUST COULDN'T FIGURE THIS OUT... I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE.... MANY MANY THANKS...

Aug 14, 2011
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Why don't they put the obvious up front in the manual???
by: Anonymous

Thank you so much for answering such a question that should be in the starup menu. I don't care what screen saver or ringtone I need, but I sure need to delete all the messages. Thank, Jan

Jul 10, 2011
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TEXT DELETING
by: Anonymous

Thanx for showing me how to delete all messages. Info with the phone doesnt tell you anything about anything. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Jul 06, 2011
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Messages
by: Lin

Thanks so much I appreciate your help!

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