Top 4 Solutions to Retrieve Deleted Text Messages on Android

Some other highlight points of WooTechy iSeeker for Android

Follow the below steps to use iSeeker(Android) to recover deleted text messages on Android without backup:

Step 1. Install and launch iSeeker Android on your computer and then connect your phone to the computer. Afterward, select Recover Phone Data.

Step 2. Choose Quick Scan or Full Scan according on the next screen.

Step 3. Once the scan is completed, preview and select the text messages you want to recover and click Recover.

2. Retrieve Deleted Text Messages from Trash Folder

Some of the Android models have a trash folder in the Messages app (as seen in Samsung Galaxy S10). So, look for a trash folder on your text messaging app. If it exists, you can recover deleted text messages from here because they are often stored in the trash for 30 days before being completely wiped.

Here's how to find deleted messages on Android and recover them from trash folder:

Open up the Message app on your Android Device.

Tap on the three dots in the top right-hand corner and select Trash.

Now, tap and hold the message you want to retrieve and then select Restore.

3. Retrieve Deleted Text Messages from Google Drive

Many Android users use Google Drive as their cloud backup solution, so they never have to worry about losing text messages or other important data. If you're one of those users and have enabled the option to back up your data to Google Drive, then you can easily get your texts back by restoring them from the backup.

However, because backups made to Google Drive cannot be restored directly to your Android device, you will need to factory reset your phone to recover deleted text messages from Google Drive. Here's how to retrieve deleted messages on Android from Google backup:

First, open the Google Drive app on your phone and navigate to the Menu > Backups > SMS to see when the last backup was created.

Go to your phone's Settings app, select Backup and reset, and then tap on the Factory data reset.

Set up your smartphone as you normally do, and sign in with the same Google account that you used to backup your phone data.

When the Choose a backup to restore option appears, choose the most recent backup with text messages and wait for the process to finish.

4. Retrieve Deleted Text Messages from Cloud Backup

In addition to the Google Drive backup, some Android phones have their own cloud service for users to back up and restore data. For example, Samsung has a backup service called Samsung Cloud.

So, if you have backed up your text messages to your phone's cloud storage service, then you can restore those messages from the backup without having to use a computer or resetting your device.

Below are a few simple steps for restoring messages from a Samsung cloud backup:

Open the Settings app on your phone and select the Accounts and backup option.

Tap on the Backup and Restore option and then select the Restore data tab under the Samsung account.

Choose the content you want to restore and then select the Restore button.

Bonus: How to Back Up Text Messages to Google Drive

To avoid losing your text messages and any other important data in the future, we recommend that you regularly back up your data on Google Drive or any other cloud backup service.

All Android phones come with the option of automatically backing up data to Google Drive enabled when they set up the phone for the first time. If you are not already using it or are not sure whether it's turned on, you can follow the steps below to check if it is enabled and how to enable it if it isn't.

Open the Settings app on your phone and select the Accounts and backup option.

Go to Backup and restore and turn on Back up my data if it isn't already enabled.

Now tap on Google account and select the account you wish to use to backup your phone data. Make sure Back up to Google Drive is enabled, then tap Back Up Now to create a backup of your phone data.