Purge Messages
You cannot delete an individual message from a queue. Instead, you can purge all messages to completely clear the contents of the queue.
Purging messages
To purge messages
Open Computer Management.
In the console tree, right-click Queue messages or the subqueue from which you want to purge messages.
Where?
- Computer Management/Services and Applications/Message Queuing/YourQueueFolder (such as Public Queues or Private Queues)/MainQueueName/Queue messages or SubqueueName
Point to All Tasks, and then click Purge.
Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete all messages in the queue.
Additional considerations
To open Computer Management on Windows Vista®, click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Manage.
To open Computer Management on Windows Server® 2008, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.