How to delete iMessages on multiple devices.

When iMessage is activated on multiple devices with the same Apple ID, will deleting the message on one device delete it on all others?

No, it will not.

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in the mean time this might help
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Deleting iMessages across Multiple Devices

I have seen multiple posts that bring up this same question, but it appears there is no solution. My question is this: What could be a workaround?
The problem is this: I have a work Mac, a home Mac, a MacBook Pro laptop, and iPad, and iPhone. All are logged in to iCloud and turned on 24/7. (This is required because of unrelated network issues.) As we all know, when a message comes in to one device it goes out to all devices. So when a sensitive and private message comes in and I delete it immediately, it remains on all my other devices for my children and employees to see. This is unacceptable.
This is ridiculous. Doesn't anybody at Apple consider this as important enough to provide protection to my privacy? These complaints have been listed on this discussion board for at least four years. We need a workaround. What do other people do?
Can iMessage be controlled perhaps by an AppleScript so that it can be turned off when I leave one location, and easily turned back on when I return?
I have tried managing iMessage through iCloud.com, but that is not possible.
What workarounds are possible?? There's got to be something.

for the Points
The issue of how the iMessages appear on each device and what people expect and would like has been a bone of contention since the Messages beta in Lion.
Basically they are pushed from the server (not Fetched like mail)
They are divided/Duplicated so theta each registered device gets a copy that is uniquely for one registered device (the Mac uses the Serial Number to Create the Auth Token).
That copy keeps getting pushed until accepted on the device then it is deleted form the servers.
This may mean a iMessages has been sent to the iPhone but not to a Mac that is Off line. However if you delete it on the iPhone you cannot get the iMessages again even if one "Copy" has not left the server.
Only while the devices are linked (one overriding Apple ID) will the iMessages be sent to Multiple devices.
As soon as that stops so do the iMessages.
"Syncing" is only "Display on all devices" and no more.
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I have multiple IOS devices that share a single Apple-id. Is there a way to delete the app from all IOS devices automatically, or do I have to delete it from each device?
Also, why do deleted APPs come back when the devices are sync'd (via cable) to my Mac?
Brian

Regarding your first question, I believe you have to delete them from each device --- unless you first delete the app from iTunes, then sync your i-device using iTunes.
Regarding the second question, the key is to delete the app from iTunes on your Mac. That would end the undesireable behavior.

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According the this: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/transition.html, "After moving to iCloud, family member accounts are no longer linked to the master account." You can share an iCloud calendar (see http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2690), but I don't think you will be able to share iCloud contacts unless you are signed into the same iCloud account on both phones.

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i didnt even know there was a work side to the phone.
its my personel phone but i use it for work as well but dont have a work email set up as its the national health nhs.net and there is so much protection that i couldnt be bothered with it.
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Cannot find the answer to my question and probably won't be able to ask using the correct terminology, but...
I have a mac laptop, iphone, and ipad as well as a mobile me account. I also have three email accounts set up on each of these devices through the mail application (me.com, hotmail, and gmail)
I am trying to figure out how to delete emails simultaneously from all devices when I delete it on one device. For example: I delete an email I read on my ipad from my hotmail account and want it it disappear from the inbox on my iphone and laptop. As it is now I have to delete messages separately from all devices... meaning I have to waste time reviewing messages I have already decided to throw away.
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HI,
As CT says Messages can receive Messages (IMs and iMessages) from the accounts set up in it and those that are Enabled.
You can go to Messages Menu > Preferences > Accounts and untick all the boxes or each account that reads "enable" this Account.
You can go further and Sing Out on the iMessages account
All the other except the Bonjour one you can highlight then use the minus Button at the bottom of the List to delete.
Alternatively you can go to System Preferences > Mail, Contacts and Calendars and deselect the Messages option against the IDs that are now listed in Messages.
NOTE
You cannot delete the Bonjour Option in Messages (everyone gets this one) It can only be turned Off
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It used to be simple: imessages showed up on all your devices. It seems that Apple wanted to make it more flexible, you can specify which addresses to use for which device. Now it is not the usual Apple user-friendly.
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I would say to check this support document http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755 about troubleshooting messages, this one addresses the iCloud account overall http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4436 and this one has to do with activations of iMessage http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268. You might need to remove the iCloud account from one of the devices you are having difficulty with and re-establish it.

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I have a friend with an iCloud email account and Windstream account on both her iPad and iPhone... She's saying that when she deletes an email from one device, it doesn't delete it from the other automatically... She's using both emails through the "Mail, Contacts and Calendars" settings under the "Settings" menu; not through apps... I've had her check both of her email account settings to make sure that the settings were consistent... I've never had this issue with Exchange or Gmail, and I don't use the iCloud email account, so I'm a little unfamiliar with what else to look at... Can someone offer some advice, please?
Thank you for your help!

IMAP is the mail protocol that allows you to delete a message one place and have it delete everywhere else. iCloud uses IMAP, so it should be working. If the messages never delete, then something may be incorrect in the settings. The easiest thing to do with iCloud is to logout of the account on every device, and then login again. (Another common problem with iCloud email is people often have two Apple IDs, and thus may have two iCloud email accounts. If you get confused about which one you're using, you may think you've deleted email when you actually haven't.)
If the iCloud messages do ultimately delete across all devices, then it could be that some devices aren't set to "Push" but are instead set to "Fetch" the newest info from the server. Fetch can be set to as long as an hour between check-ins.
The same holds true for Windstream if she's using an IMAP account there, too. If it's a POP account, then deleting a message one place will never delete it anywhere else—that's the way POP works.

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