It's pretty easy to accidentally delete a text in the Messages app. A long swipe and a tap and suddenly a text message thread you've had for years could be gone. Heartbreaking right? Well, not so much ...

The rise of RCS on Android in recent years has made traditional text messaging leaps and bounds better than it once used to be. You can now send high-quality photos and videos, react to messages, and ...

With so much of our lives contained on our devices, especially our iPhones or iPads, it can feel particularly devastating if you accidentally delete a message you still need. Whether it is ...

This setting will automatically remove older messages, keeping your conversations manageable. Note: Deleting messages from your Mac does not delete them from other Apple devices unless you have ...

The rise of online instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, iMessage, and Facebook Messenger has brought about several improvements and reasons to never look back to using traditional SMS. We ...

When I made the switch from my iPhone 15 Pro Max to a Galaxy S25 Ultra earlier this year, one of the first things I missed was the ability to delete text messages that I'd sent. The ability to unsend ...

The best advice from Apple and other tech experts is to always delete these messages immediately. And now, a new feature in Apple’s Messages app in iOS 26 could help keep you safe from phony text ...