'newbie alert': how to delete messages (texts) en masse

How do I delete all my texts/messages at once...there are about 100/day and manually is absurd. Thanks all!

Thanks, this is what I was doing...but didn't realize I had to for 8 days....there were TONS of conversations and  I was rather hoping there was an auto-setting for delete oldest after 100 (or other choices). My crappy non-smartphone has had an option like this for 5 years. I guess there's always a trade-off.
thanks for writing!

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