Recovering deleted text messages on Android is difficult, and the best strategy is to have Google Drive back up your phone.

If you set up WhatsApp to create a backup, you have the option to recover deleted messages on the app.

If you want to recover a text message, tap on the thread or message so that it's selected, hit Recover on the bottom right, and then tap Recover Message in the pop-up that appears. You can also ...

We’ve all done it—accidentally deleting a text we meant to keep. Whether it was a sweet message from a loved one or an ...

You can now easily highlight and copy a selection of text from your messages on iOS 26. This is super convenient for copying ...

When these features are enabled, those messages will be filtered to their own folder in Messages without altering you. Once these messages are in their respective folders, you can look through them at ...