3 Ways to Delete Text Messages from Samsung Galaxy Phones

These days we often share images or voice messages over our phone's text messaging app or SMS. As these text messages are stored on the internal memory of our Samsung smartphones, we gradually run out of space. On the other hand, if you want to sell Samsung smartphone, it is always a good idea to delete these text messages permanently from your device because text messages may contain personal information like your bank transaction details or messages from beloved one. In this article, we will discuss three useful methods through which you can delete text messages from Samsung smartphone.

P.S. The following methods can be applied to Samsung Galaxy S10/S9/S7/S6/S5, Samsung Galaxy Note 10/9/8/7/6, Samsung J7/J6/J5/J4 and Samsung A71/A51/A30/A20.

 

Method 1: Delete Text Messages on Samsung Smartphone Manually

Each Samsung smartphone is shipped with a messaging app in default and it provides a built-in feature for text deletion. And this is the most well-known way to delete SMS from Samsung device. However, you have to do this manually. The deleted text messages disappeared from seeing on your phone and the real content is still on the phone. So this is only good for non-important text messages.

Step 1. Tap on the message icon on your Samsung smartphone to launch the Messagin app.

Step 2. Choose the conversation thread that you want to delete and then long-press it. You will see an option called "Delete" at the bottom of screen.

Step 3. Tap on the "Delete" option to delete all the messages in that conversation. If you want to select them individually, you can do that by unchecking a particular conversation manually. That's it, the text messages will be virtually deleted from Samsung smartphone.

Note: Your phone may have a different displaying options but more or less it's the same as the image above

This process does the job but deleted text messages can be recovered with the help of Android data recovery software that are available on the market. If you are planning to sell your device then don't use this method because it is not secure enough.

 

Method 2: How to Delete Text Messages from Samsung Smartphone with DroidErase

This is the most secure method when it comes to permanently deleting text messages from Samsung smartphone . FoneMoz DroidErase uses strong algorithms to personal data from your phone and no trace is lefe. Hence, there is no chance to recover or get back thoese deleted text messages on any Android device. If you use this software, you don't have to worry about any data recovery tool that can retrieve data from your phone as TunesBro DroidWiper make sure that all the data are wiped out permanently before you sell the phone to someone else.

Step 1 – Download and Install DroidErase

Step 2 – Connect Android and Turn on USB Debugging

Step 3 – Scan All Text Messages on Samsung

Step 4 – Delete SMS from Samsung Smartphone Completely

FoneMoz DroidErase software is your one-stop solution when it comes to deleting text messages from Samsung smartphone. The deleted messages can not be recovered by any data recovery software and this makes it the best software to do the job for you. The whole process takes just a few minutes to complete and that too with a few clicks of your mouse.

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Method 3: How to Delete Samsung Smartphone Text Messages by Hard Reset

Each Android phone comes with a software reset and hard reset feature. The former option is built-in with Settings app. And the later option is a enclosed feature of Android Recovery mode. The hard reset method will completely wipe all your data including text messages and will bring back your device to the factory state when you first bought it. So this is only good for selling your device. Make sure you full understand the risk.

Step 1. Restart Samsung smartphone by pressing Power + Home + Volume Down buttons simultaneously.

Step 2. Now release the Home + Volume Down button when a light appears on your device while keep pressing the Home button.

Step 3. The phone will enter into Recovery Mode. Choose "wipe data/factory reset" from the options you will see on your phone screen. Press Home to select the option.

Step 4. Choose "Yes" to factory reset your Samsung smartphone. After that, the phone will be restarted automatically, and you can open your messaging app to see the inbox is empty.

This method is not safe because, with the help of partition data recovery tool; all your deleted text messages can be restored. In addition, hard reset not only delete the text messages but also delete the other data on your Samsung smartphone. It's advisable to keep a backup of all the data on your device before applying the above steps.

 

Final Review

You can try one of the methods mentioned above to delete text messages on Samsung smartphone. But our priority should be to maintain the security and privacy so that the deleted text messages can't be recovered and used for unauthorized activities. Thanks to FoneMoz DroidErase, as no data recovery software can retrieve a single piece of deleted data from the phone.