I want to sell my old iPhone 4,however,I want to wipe SMS messages from my iPhone 4 permanently.If someone gets a hold of your phone, all they have to do is search for a contact's name or even some keywords contained within your deleted text. Below are some screenshots of a conversation I created and "deleted" from my iPhone.But I also searh those deleted sms,how to wipe all messages on my iPhone permanently?Thanks"--Lilu
"How to permanently Delete SMS Messages?
So, I have an Iphone and I just recently discovered that old SMS messages even after I sync the phone with my Mac, are showing up in my spotlight search. I do not like this for very good reasons. I was wanting to know if there was anyway to permanently delete these messages to keep them from coming back?"--Suedi
When you want to give away your old iPhone for a new one, or sell your old iPhone,if you worry about your text messages to be peeped by others,it is very necessary to wipe SMS messages from iPhone.
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iPhone Data Eraser is easy to use and allows you to finish the data erasing task in 3 simple steps. Download the free trial version of the software and then follow the steps as below to go through the task. Here, we will set Windows version as an example. Mac users can turn to the Mac version and follow the same operations as below.
How to Wipe SMS from iPhone Permanently?
Step 1. Connect iPhone to Computer and Run Software
Download and install the data erasing program on your computer. Double-click on the desktop program shortcut to launch it and you will see its interface showing like below picture. Connect your iPhone from which you want to delete SMS to your computer via the Apple provided USB cable and the connected iPhone will be detected by the program automatically.
Tips: All iPhone models can be supported by this program, such as iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, etc.
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The program provides you with three levels of data erasing. The first level will erase your iPhone data quickly to save your time. The second level will leave no traceability of data erasure and use random data to overwrite all existing and deleted data on your iPhone. The third level is the most secure option which will write over the data 3 times. You can directly use the default second level. Choose the text messages you want to delete forever.
Step 3. Start to Erase text messages on Your iPhone
After choosing your wanted erasing level and the text messages folder, you can choose the option of erase all data and settings to delete all text messages from your iPhone.
Finish! All the text messages, including incoming messages and outgoing messages are all successfully erased from your iPhone. Now, you will never need to worry about your private text messages from revealing. Since the irretrievable feature of the program, do remember backup important data on your iPhone before you start to use this program to perform the permanent deletion
Read the full use guide about permanently delete iPhone SMS messages.
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