Backing Up Your Text Messages - HTC One SV User Manual

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Deleting several messages within a conversation
1. On the Messages screen, tap a contact (or phone number) to display the
exchange of messages with that contact.
2. Tap > Delete messages.
3. Tap Delete by selection or Delete by phone number (if the contact used
multiple phone numbers throughout the conversation).
In the Messages settings, tap General > Delete old messages to auto delete old
messages per conversation.
Deleting a conversation
1. On the Messages screen, press and hold a contact (or phone number) whose
messages you want to delete, and then tap Delete.
2. Tap OK to delete the entire thread.
Any locked messages in the conversation thread will not be deleted unless you
select the Delete locked messages option.
Deleting several conversations
1. On the Messages screen, tap
2. Select the conversation threads you want to delete.
3. Tap Delete. Any locked messages will not be deleted.

Backing up your text messages

Keep important text messages by backing them up to the phone storage or storage
card. You can easily restore backed up text messages after you've deleted them from
your message list.
§ When there's a storage card inserted, HTC One SV will only back up and restore
text messages from the storage card.
§ Remove your storage card if you want to use the phone storage for backing up or
restoring messages.
1. From the Home screen, tap
2. Tap > Back up/Restore SMS > Back up > Back up SMS.
3. Enter a name for your backup file, and then tap OK.
> Delete threads.
> Messages.