How to Turn Off Auto Delete Old Conversations on iPhone?

Many Apple users have a complaint that their iPhone automatically deletes old conversations including Messages and iMessages. They said that their iPhone randomly deleting messages. This is not an issue. It is like you gave the command to your iPhone to delete old messages that came before a particular period. Here I am going to tell you how to disable auto-delete old conversations on iPhone.

How to Turn off Auto delete message in iPhone

How to turn off Auto Delete Old Conversations/Messages/iMessages?

  1. Open Settings.
  2. And tap on the Messages.
  3. Now tap on the Keep Messages option.
  4. Select “Forever”.turn off auto delete old conversations

That’s it! Hereafter your iPhone will not automatically delete the old conversations.
If your iPhone deletes old messages, it must be an issue and you have to fix it quickly. If this issue continues, try the following Solutions.

Solution 1: Reset All Settings

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. And tap on the General.
  3. Scroll down the screen and select Reset.
  4. Tap “Reset All Settings”.
  5. Enter your passcode and restrictions passcode.
  6. Tap “Reset All Settings” in the pop-up box.
  7. Again tap “Reset All Settings” to confirm.

Note: Reset All Settings will remove all Bluetooth pairing details, saved Wi-Fi Networks & Passwords, and APN & VPN Settings.

Solution 2: Factory Reset

Before doing it back up your iPhone. Because this action will erase all data from your device.
To back up your iPhone,

  1. Connect your iPhone to Wi-Fi/Cellular Data.
  2. Open Settings.
  3. Tap your Apple ID banner.
  4. Tap “iCloud”.
  5. Scroll down to find “iCloud Backup” and tap it.
  6. Enable “iCloud Backup”.
  7. Tap “Back Up Now”. Wait until the process is finished.iphone deleting messages by itself

To Factory Reset your iPhone,

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Tap on the General.
  3. Scroll down the screen and select the Reset option.
  4. Tap “Erase All Content and Settings”.
  5. Enter your Passcode if required.
  6. Tap “Erase iPhone” in the pop-up box.
  7. Again tap “Erase iPhone” to confirm.
  8. Wait until your iPhone restarts and then set up your iPhone as new.

I hope this really helps to solve this issue. If you know any ways to turn off auto-delete messages on iPhone, let us know through your comments. And keep supporting iPhonetopics.com. Thank you

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1 thought on “How to Turn Off Auto Delete Old Conversations on iPhone?”

  1. Iiiii totally don’t understand that second option.
    How about a bit more explanation?
    So you’re telling me just a factory reset will by itself do the trick? It isn’t clearly understood from the writing.

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