Google has been caught deleting text messages from its users, and some are wondering if the company is keeping them hidden. According to a report by The Verge, Google has been deleting text messages for months now, without any explanation. The Verge says that the practice began when Google was trying to improve its message retention rate, but it seems to have continued even after that goal was met. Some users are concerned about how this could impact their privacy. If Google is able to see what you’ve sent and received, it could potentially use that information to track you or sell your data to other companies. It’s not clear whether Google is actually keeping these messages hidden or just trying to improve its message retention rate. Either way, it’s a worrying trend that needs to be addressed.
If you delete a text message through Google Drive, the only way to recover it is to reset your phone before you can get data from your previous backup on Google Drive.
The files are all there and waiting to be gathered… or replaced. This is precisely what happens when we delete information from our Android phones. Everything we remove, including text messages, remains on the hard drive until enough time passes or additional data has to be stored.
Messages may be recovered as long as they haven’t been overwritten.“Messages can be recovered as long as they aren’t overwritten,” according to the Help Center. Receiving new messages might also cause text messages you wish to preserve to be deleted, so switch your phone off in Airplane mode immediately after you notice that critical
When you use Google for your messaging platform, your messages are automatically saved by Google. However, if you want greater control over where they’re stored and wish to start a manual backup, you’ll have to use an alternative service.
Text messages are not saved on the Android operating system and are consequently lost if they’re deleted from the phone’s memory. You may, however, use an Android market app to recover any erased text messages.
