Why doesn't the trashcan show up in my messages?

[iMore Question]

why the trash can do not show up in my message

I want to delete message but the camera in instead the trash can

 

[Rob Phillips]

Re: why the trash can do not show up in my message

Welcome to iMore! Are you talking about Messages in iOS? You can delete entire conversations by swiping them to the left and tapping the red Delete button that appears. Individual messages within conversations can be deleted by long pressing on the message, tapping More, then selecting the message(s) you want to delete and tapping the trash can in the lower left corner.