How to delete text messages from the iPhone without restore

There are three ways to delete text messages from the iPhone. Learn how to use each for effective text removal.

Erase SMS Messages from iPhone before Selling

Before you sell your iPhone, it's extremely important and necessary to erase all data including contacts, text messages, photos, videos and other personal information on it, for you don't want others access your important personal data on the iPhone and leak your privacy out after you sell it. So how to securely and completely delete iPhone data so that no data recovery program can recover them later? Now simply follow the guide here to permanently erase data from iPhone before selling.

delete text messages from the iPhone without restore

You should be aware with the internal flash memory on your iPhone, data isn't really erased when you delete something. So in order to permanently delete all iPhone data including all the personal information, you are suggested to use a third-party data eraser software called iPhone Data Eraser which can assist you erase all contents on your iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S/4/3GS permanently with 1 click. It's able to erase all iPhone data, including Contacts, SMS, Call History, Calendars, Emails, Notes, Reminders, Apps, System settings, Apple ID, Photos, Videos, Safari Bookmarks, Passbook and so forth.Read the use guide to erase deleted text messages on iPhone.

How to erase iPhone text messages permanenlty

Step 1. Run the program and connect your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch

Step 2. Choose a type of data erasing

Step 3. Start to erase all data on your device now
Step 4. Use your device as a new one
When your device is erased completely, you’ll get a totally new device. You can set it as a new device or choose to restore it from iTunes/iCloud backup. If the
backup contains the data you don’t want, you’re suggested not to restore from it.

Perhaps when iOS 5 arrives this fall, it will offer a way to delete text messages en masse. Currently, your deleting options are limited in the iPhone's native texting app, which is disappointing to anyone with dozens if not hundreds of old text messages littering your inbox.

At the present, you have three methods to delete texts:

1. The fastest way to get rid of unwanted texts is to swipe on a message from the list on the app's home screen. A red delete button will appear; tapping it will delete the entire conversation. Unfortunately, you can't queue up multiple conversations for deletion but must go through one conversation by one.

2. You can also delete a conversation by opening a message and tapping the Edit button in the top-right corner of the screen and then tapping the Clear All button in the top-left corner. A large Clear Conversation button will appear at the bottom of the screen that will remove all messages in that conversation.

3. If you want to delete not an entire conversation but a specific message or messages, open a message and hit the Edit button. Then tap the small circle next to the message or messages you'd like to remove from the conversation. The circle will turn red with a small checkmark, confirming your selection(s). Then hit the Delete button at the bottom of the screen to remove specific messages. If you delete all messages from a conversation using this method, the contact name will remain in the list of messages on the app's home screen--handy if this is someone with which you text frequently and want to keep them in your recent messages list.

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