How do i delete all my I-messages at the same time (select all, delete) ?

I need to clean my inbox on the imessage app on a apple mac.
But i do not want to select one a time and delete
How do i delete all ?

Hi,
There not an iMessages app on the Mac.
The App is called Messages.
It can use the iMessages system if you add an Apple ID in the Account settings.
Conversations (from Contacts in the iMessages account) and Chats (From Buddies from all other account types) can be displayed in the Main Messages window that also acts as an interface for some of the apps functions.
This main window can display multiple chats/conversations at once.
Mousing over the Side Bar will reveal an x  for each one.  This can be used to remove that Chat or Conversation from view.
iMessages as a whole are stored in ~/Library/Messages across three .db items
Deleting these will remove the contents of the Chat/Conversation side of the main window  on restarting it.
I have only removed the chat.db item myself  and this does not  remove the Side Bar info. (it means you see empty conversations).
There is also a setting for Save on Close in Messages Menu > Preferences >General Section that stores all Chats/Conversations when the app is Quit or ended  in some form such as leaving the app open but Shutting down the computer or if you dismiss a chat as listed above.
These are stored in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive and then in dated folders.
The Archive of Stored Chats and the .db items are used in the "History" when you reconnect to someone and the previous "chat" shows up.
This should be enough info for you to delete the bites you want to.
10:11 pm      Saturday; February 28, 2015
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