How do I quickly delete all of the text messages on my blackberry Pearl?

Question

I have tons of text messages on my phone, but it will take forever to delete them one by one. Is there anyway to do a mass delete?

Answer 1

Yes, there is. What you will do is scroll all the way to the top so that you have the most current date separator (the date bars that separate the messages on each day) highlighted. Press the menu key and then select Delete Prior. This will delete all the text messages prior to the date you have highlighted.

Make sure that you are in the text messages folder only. You don't just want to be in the main Messages folder because that will delete all messages (e-mails, MMS too).