How to recover deleted text messages on Android

If you have accidentally deleted all or just a single important text message from your phone and you cannot afford to lose it, you need to act fast. Yes, there are ways to recover deleted text message from the Android phone. In this article, I will explain how to recover deleted text messages on Android.

Before you read further, you need to know that deleted data can be recovered from data on its memory locations have been replaced by new data. So, the probability of data recovery becomes lower with the time.

Now come on to the topic. Deleted messages on an Android phone can be recovered by using any good data recovery software. These are few popular data recovery software available for Android devices. Some are free but many are paid with the free trial offer. Android Data Recovery, Dr. Fone, MobiKin, Coolmuster Android SMS+Contacts Recovery and FonePaw Android Data Recovery are few notable data recovery software that helps in recovering lost data from an Android device.This software programs can also recover deleted text messages.

If your deleted messages are very important, paying for the full version is worth. I used Dr. Fone Android Data Recovery to recover my deleted text messages and always keep this for the worse situation. It is easy to use and recovers all kinds of data.

If you are not sure whether to pay or not, you can download the free version of the software to check the preview of recovered data. Preview found can help you understand if the software really works. After that, you can go with the full version.

I am showing the steps for Wondershare Dr. Fone. Download it in your system and run the software to start data recovery.

Install this software on your PC and connect the phone with PC using the data cable.

Then select the type of files you want to recover. If you just want to recover messages, you can uncheck all other options to make the whole scanning faster.

It will take few minutes in show scanning and then you will see the list of recovered data.

The best thing about this software is that it recovers data properly and arrange in sections. So, you can check contacts, messages, call history, Whatsapp messages, photos, videos and documents in different sections. It will help in checking data properly.

Making sure this doesn’t happen again

You have options to recover the deleted data, but there is no 100% surety in that. So, you should always take backup of your important data. There are many apps that can help you backup your text messages and other content.

SMS Backup & Restore is the most popular backup app that has been downloaded more than 5 millions of times. It is a free app that allows you take back of your SMS and then restore anytime you want.

Easy Backup & Restore is also a nice app, but not limited to SMS backup. It helps in backing the SMS, MMS, Call logs, contacts, and apps.

Final Words

Android phone’s storage also works the same way. So, files can be recovered until it is not replaced with new file. So, the quicker you try to recover, the most possibility to get it. But, you can never 100% sure. So, I recommend you to make data backup your habit and never lose your file.

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