How Can I Retrieve Old Text Messages from My Android

How to recover deleted texts on Android Open Google Drive. Go to the Menu. Choose Settings. Choose Google Backup. If your device has been backed up, you should see the name of your device listed. Select the name of your device. You should see SMS Text Messages with a timestamp indicating when the last backup took place.

Does Google backup text messages?

Initially, if you’re on Android 8 or later, Android lets you back up your app data, contacts, device settings, call history and SMS text messages to Google Drive. This lets you backup text messages to Google Drive automatically and restore them when you sign-in to a new Android phone.

Can you recover old text messages on Android?

You cannot undo the deletion to restore deleted texts on your Android smartphone. Your best bet, other than requesting the sender to resend the message, is to put your device in Airplane mode and find an SMS recovery app to help you the deleted messages on your Android before they’re overwritten.