The delete function is broken and has been removed for now. They're working on the site's big update.
Deleting old messages
the new message archiving mechanism is horrendous. it takes so many clicks to get through each message. i hope this gets fixed asap.
not if you want to keep 50 messages in the inbox but want to delete the last 5 you got. is this change really on purpose?
You can un-click archive. You couldn't do that with delete. In fact you can just keep throwing them back and forth.
It's up to chess.com in the end, but I liked being able to delete messages that were no longer relevant.
i understand i can select all and then unselect the ones i want to keep, but that's ridiculously inefficient. and since chess.com uses the same subject for all their messages, i risk deleting messages that i want to keep anyway because i can't tell the difference.
i personally don't care between deleting or archiving. i just want to delete or archive within the message with one click and have it go to the next unread message like it used to so i don't waste time. that's not too much to ask.
I totally disagree with you! "ridiculously inefficient", you say? How old are you? Do you understand how to check boxes?
I think you are entering the MESSAGE area improperly. Go to your site and click on "Messages". Then you can figure out which boxes to check for deletion. This site has one of the BEST ways to create such a menu.
Don
It's up to chess.com in the end, but I liked being able to delete messages that were no longer relevant.
I agree with you! We MUST be able to delete old messages!
Don
Is this a new change to the site, or is it an issue that I can't delete old messages? Here's a screenshot of what I get.