How to delete text messages on your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
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How to delete text messages on your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini?
There are a lot of reasons as to why you want to delete text messages from your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. Whether it is because your phone storage is full, because you want to protect your privacy or because you do not want to keep any memory of someone, deleting your text messages can be essential. Here, we will explain to you how to delete a single text message on your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, then how to delete an entire conversation of text messages, and eventually how to use a third party application to delete older text messages while keeping the most recent ones.
However, we need to warn you : deleting text messages is an irreversible action.
If you do not want to lose some texts, save them or screenshot them. If you have any insecurities, please go to a professional or a friend who knows about technologies.
Delete a single text message
This is one of the simplest procedures.
To delete a single text message from your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, all you have to do is tap on the “Messages” application and open the conversation in which you want to delete a text message.
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Find the text itself, and press your finger on it until a message box appears.
Select “Delete”. You then have a confirmation box that opened asking you if you really want to delete that text.
Tap on “delete” again.
Your text message is now deleted !
You can also do it differently by tapping on the “Messages” application and open the conversation in which you want to delete a text message.
There, just tap on the trash icon and select the message you want to delete.
You will know it is selected by a check in the selection box. At last, all you have to do is tap on “Done”.
Delete an entire conversation of text messages
If you want to delete an entire conversation of text messages on your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, here are the instructions:
On Android
First, you need to open the “Messages” app.
Then press the desired conversation until a selection box appears on it’s left side and it is checked.
Select as many conversations as you want to delete, and simply tap on the trash icon.
You can also do it differently by tapping on the “Messages” application and open the conversation in which you want to delete a text message.
There, just tap on the trash icon and select the box at the top where “O selected” is written.
You will see all the texts are selected by a check in all the selection box. At last, all you have to do is tap on “Done”.
On iPhone
On an iPhone it is a bit different.
You first need to go in your “Messages” application.
Then slide the desired conversation from right to left and select “delete”. To delete multiple conversations, tap “edit”. Selection bubbles appear.
Select the messages you wish to delete.
You will know it’s done when you see the selection bubbles turns blue.
Finally, tap “delete”.
Delete with a third party application to delete older text messages
Sometimes, you just want to delete old text messages from your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, without losing the most recent ones.
It is a possible task, by using third party applications.
They allow you to set a date limit of deletion, so you only delete text messages from before that set time.
Some also allow you to choose contacts for which you never want to delete texts.
Finally, they can help you delete conversations in one single tap instead of doing the whole procedure yourself. Warning ! Some apps are free, but others are charged.
Be careful about what you download.
Also, read users reviews to help you choose an app that best suits you.
To conclude
We just explained to you how to delete text messages from your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. As simple as the action is, we remind you it is irreversible.
Be careful about the conversations and text messages you delete from your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. If you need help, please go to a professional or a friend who knows about technologies.
How do you Delete multiple messages on Samsung S4?
How do you Delete multiple messages on messages?
How do I Delete old text messages on my Samsung?
– From a Home screen, swipe up from the center of the display to access the apps screen.
– Tap. Messages.
– Tap the. Menu icon. (upper-right).
– Tap. Trash.
– Touch and hold the desired message to delete.
– To select all, tap. All. (upper-left).
– Tap. Delete all. (bottom-right).
– Tap. Delete. to confirm.
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How do you Delete multiple texts on iPhone?
– From a Home screen, tap the. Messages icon.
– To delete a single conversation, swipe left on the conversation that you want to delete. To delete more than one conversation: Tap. Edit. (prior to selecting a conversation). Tap. Select Messages.
– Tap the. Trashcan icon.
– Tap. Delete.
How do I permanently delete all text messages from my Android phone?
Can text messages be traced after they are erased?
If you simply delete a text, they are still available. And there are common forensics tools used by both law enforcement and civil investigators to recover them.
How do you delete text messages on iPhone?
Delete a conversation To permanently remove a message, tap Edit (or Filters) in the top-left corner, tap Show Recently Deleted (or Recently Deleted), select the messages or conversations you want to remove, tap Delete, then follow the onscreen instructions.
How do I select multiple messages to delete?
– To unselect an email, press and hold the Ctrl key, and then click the email.
– To select all the emails in the active folder, press Ctrl+A.