Delete Messages And Conversations; Back Up And Restore Your Text Messages - HTC Desire 510 User Manual

Note: To completely discard future messages from blocked contacts, clear the Save block message
option in the Messages settings.

Delete Messages and Conversations

Tidy up your messages list by deleting old messages and conversations.
1. Touch >
2. On the Messages screen, do any of the following:
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Delete a message. Open the conversation thread with a contact, touch the message, and
then touch Delete message. To delete multiple messages within a conversation, touch >
Delete messages > Delete by selection, and then select the messages to delete.
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Delete a conversation. Touch and hold a contact (or phone number), and then touch
Delete. To delete multiple conversations, on the Messages screen, touch > Delete threads,
and then select the conversations to delete.
Tip: In the Messages settings, touch General > Delete old messages to auto delete old messages.

Back Up and Restore Your Text Messages

Back up important text messages to your phone's storage or to your email account.
Back Up Text Messages
1. Touch >
2. On the Messages screen, touch > Back up/Restore SMS > Back up.
3. Touch OK > Back up SMS.
4. Choose whether you want to protect the backup file with a password.
5. Enter a name for your backup file, and then touch OK.
Back Up Text Messages Using Mail
Important: You need to set up your email account in Mail.
1. Touch >
2. On the Messages screen, touch > Back up/Restore SMS > Back up.
3. Touch OK > Back up SMS via mail.
4. Choose whether you want to protect the backup file with a password.
5. Select the email app to use. The email app compose screen opens with the backup file attached.
6. Enter your email address.
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