URL: https://help.carbonvoice.app/messages/playback/clearing-notified-messages
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# Marking messages read and unread

You can clear the unread flag by hand, put it back on something you want to revisit, or have
it clear automatically as you read.

Inside a conversation, the dividing line between read and unread does most of this for you.
It moves as you go, so messages mark themselves read without you doing anything. See
[the new-messages line](https://help.carbonvoice.app/messages/playback/notified-versus-unheard#the-new-messages-line).

## On a whole conversation

**Press and hold the conversation card** on Home and tap **Mark all Read**. The option only
appears when the conversation actually has unread messages.

Marking a conversation read preserves listen status. It drops the attention flag without
pretending you've heard anything.

## On a single message

- **Tap the button underneath the message** in a conversation. It reads **Mark as Read**
  when the message is unread, and **Mark as Unread** once it isn't. The same button toggles
  both ways.
- **Press and hold** the message and tap **Mark as Unread** to flag one you've already read.
- **Play the message.** Listening through it clears the flag on its own.

> Swiping a message doesn't change its read state. Swipe left to right to **reply** (hold
> the swipe for a voice reply), or right to left for **message info** (hold it for
> **Listen Later**).

## Listen Later

When a message is too long to play right now, long-swipe it from right to left to label it
**Listen Later**.

![Long-swiping a message to label it Listen Later](/img/whats-new/listen-later.webp)

A message you've flagged carries a **Listen Later** chip, so it's obvious in the feed.

![A message labelled Listen Later](/img/messages/listen-later-message.webp)

An indicator at the top of the conversation shows when you have messages saved for later.
Tap it to get arrows for moving between them.

![The Listen Later indicator at the top of a conversation](/img/whats-new/listen-later-indicator.webp)

You can also filter your conversation list to **Listen Later** to find every conversation
holding one. See [Filtering your conversation list](https://help.carbonvoice.app/conversations/your-conversation-list/filtering).

![Long-swiping a message to label it Listen Later](/img/whats-new/listen-later.webp)

## Clearing automatically

You can have messages mark themselves read as you read through a conversation.

Open your **Profile Menu**, which is your profile picture at the top left of Home on mobile
or the bottom of the navigation sidebar on desktop. Then go to **Settings → Conversation
History** and choose your automatic timing.

## Related

- [Unread messages versus unheard messages](https://help.carbonvoice.app/messages/playback/notified-versus-unheard)
- [Conversation history settings](https://help.carbonvoice.app/conversations/access-and-sharing/conversation-history-settings)