Question: How to Backup Text Messages on Android Without App?

How do I backup my text messages on Android?

How to backup your SMS messages

• Launch the Google Play Store from your home screen or app drawer.
• Tap the search bar and search for SMS Backup and Restore.
• Tap SMS Backup & Restore by SyncTech Pty Ltd, which should be the top result.
• Tap Install.
• Tap Accept.
• Tap Open once the app has been installed.

Can Google backup text messages?

Android’s built-in SMS Backup. As of Android 8.1, you can now restore backed up data (including SMS messages) after the initial setup. You can view them (but not their contents) via the Android app, and they can’t be copied off or moved elsewhere. Viewing the list of automatic backups in Google Drive.