Is It Possible to Recover Deleted Messages on Android?

Yes. As is known to all, many powerful data recovery tools in the software market can recover any deleted data by only a few clicks. Generally speaking, the messages you delete are not gone from the Android phone forever, but are marked as the deleted data and still stored in the phone until some new messages cover and overwrite them. The traces of the deleted messages are erased by the system, so you cannot find them, but it doesn’t mean they are disappeared from Android phone. They can be easily recovered by the data recovery software.

The picture above is the scanning result of Jihosoft Android Phone Recovery. As you can see, all the deleted messages and other files can be retrieve easily by everyone only with a few clicks. Horrible, isn’t it?

Is It Possible to Permanently Delete Text Messages on Android?

Of course! Mobile Privacy Eraser is designed to solve such a question, which is quite professional for the people who want to guarantee the security of the deleted messages.

Why Choose Mobile Privacy Eraser:

• Support Plenty of Android File Types: contact, call logs, messages, photos, videos, music, etc.
• Three different cleaning options: Erase Deleted Data, Erase Existing Data, Erase All Data
• Five different erasing algorithms: from high level to low level, the higher the level, the less chance to recover the deleted data
• Be compatible with all Android devices and Android OS: Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony, Huawei, Motorola, and Android 7.0(Nougat), Android 6.0(Marshmallow), etc.
• Permanently erase private data: wipe all the SMS messages from Android and prevent them from being recovered.

Steps to Permanently Delete Text Messages on Android

• Download, install and run Mobile Privacy Eraser on your computer
• Connect your Android phone with the computer via USB cable and enable the USB debugging
• Choose the erasing types and start scanning the phone
• After scanning finishes, mark the categories “Messages” and click “Erase Now” to select the algorithms.
• Type “Erase” in the blank of the pop-up dialog, and tap “Confirm” to finish

Generally speaking, it is not difficult to delete the call log on Android. Every Android phones has the system-provided delete function. Here this article will show you several methods of different Android phones to explain how to delete call on on Android.

Clear Call Log on Samsung Devices:

Open the Phone app > tap and hold the entry you want to delete or click “MORE” on the top right and tap “Edit” > you can mark “All” to clear the whole call log or select the items you want to delete > click “DELETE” on the right top

Clear Call Log on HTC Devices:

Open Phone app > tap “Call History” > then click the 3 dots on the top right > choose “Remove call history” > select the entries you want to delete or tap 3 dots on the top right to “Select all” to clear all > click “DELETE” on the right bottom

Clear Call Log on Motorola Devices:

Open Phone app > tap the 3 dots icon on the top search bar > choose “Call history” > then select “Clear call history” to clear the call log

Clear Call Log on Sony Devices:

Open Phone app > tap on the name or photo of the call log > choose “Call Details” > then tap the recycle bin icon on the top right corner to delete the entry

Clear Call Log on Huawei Devices:

Open Phone app > tap the “Menu” on the bottom right > click “Delete call log” > select the call log you want to delete or click “Delete all” on the bottom to clear all > then tap “Delete”

Actually, most of the Android phones have the same way to singly delete a call history. That is, tap and hold a item for a while, a pop-up will come out in which you can click “Delete from call history” to delete it.

However, the call history you deleted with the methods mentioned above are not disappeared from your Android for good. They are marked as deleted data by the system but still exist in the phone until they are overwritten by the new call log. They can be recovered by some powerful data recovery software, like Jihosoft Android Phone Recovery.

If you worry about the recoverable call log and want to clear them all permanently, I’d strongly recommend a professional tool: Mobile Privacy Eraser to help. It supports all Android OS and devices like the phones mentioned above and it needs only a few steps to complete its process. Here is a specific tutorial guide to clear call log on Android: Jihosoft Mobile Privacy Eraser User Guide.

Note: Please make a backup of the important call log before you decide to follow the steps. Once you perform the software, they cannot be recovered anyhow.

As known to most of us, there are lots of powerful Android data recovery software in the software market. They can easily recover the data we deleted with only a few clicks. The deleted photos actually are still stored in your Android phone with some specific formats until they are overwritten by the new data. So, is there any way to delete android pictures permanently? Of course! The following content will explain how to delete photos on Android phone permanently.

Part 1: Permanently Delete Photos from Android by Mobile Privacy Eraser

Jihosoft Mobile Privacy Eraser is strongly recommended. It only needs a few steps to complete its process. It is the best privacy eraser to help you permanently delete photos on Android phone. Besides, this software specializes in not only deleting photos, but also contacts, call logs, messages, videos and so forth.

Step 1. Install and run Jihosoft Mobile Privacy Eraser on your PC.
Step 2. Connect your Android device to computer via USB cable and enable the USB debugging.

Step 3. Choose the erase type depending on your need. You can delete existing photos, and deleted photos as well, which means there is no chance to recover them.

Step 4. Mark the Photos and select the erasing algorithms you want to use.

Note: The higher the level, the less chance you can find your photos back after deleting them.

Step 5. Type “Erase” in the blank to confirm the process of the deletion.

Simple and easy, huh? Your photos will be permanently deleted on Android phone while it finished. They cannot be restored anymore even though other people use some professional data recovery software. In addition, it’s compatible perfectly with all Android devices and Android OS, which is effective and professional Android data eraser that you can take advantage of.

Part 2: Permanently Delete Photos from Android by Factory Reset

If you want to delete not only the pictures but also all the data on your Android phone, then the built-in Factory Reset will be a good help. Before doing the factory reset, you should encrypt your phone, which will decrease the opportunity of recovery.

Step 1. Go to the Settings app.
Step 2. Tap on security.
Step 3. At the bottom of the screen, you will see the option of Encrypt device. Tap on it and start encrypting your data.

After encrypting, the next step is to do the factory reset.

Step 1. Go to the Settings app.
Step 2. Find and tap the Backup and reset.
Step 3. Scroll down and you will see the Factory data reset, tap it and it will erase all of the data on your device. If needed, enter your PIN.

After it finished, the operating system will restart and perform in a clean state. And your photos are deleted permanently from the Android phone. If you still suspect, you can download the fake data as much as you can to fill the storage of the phone after factory reset. And then, repeat the steps above. As you like it, you can repeat these steps constantly until you feel safe of your phone. The new data will cover the older one, which is harder to get your real data.

Many people may get frustrated: “Why should I take care of the personal photos and videos, which have been deleted already?” or “What can they do with something that doesn’t exist?” I will tell you that if you don’t erase your phone data carefully, even the deleted data can be recovered, and worse still your private photos or videos can be retrieved by some recovery tools.

Because the deleted data will still exist on your device’s storage, until it be overwritten by new data. So if you sell or throw your phone right after just simply delete or hard reset your phone without doing anything to overwrite the old data, then your deleted private photos and videos might face the dangers of being recovered by someone else. How do you feel about it? Horrible isn’t it?

Protect The Deleted Photos/Videos On Samsung Device From Being Retrieving

The newly released Samsung Galaxy S8 definitely is the most popular phone in 2017. I believe many readers might want to change your old phone for this one. But you should note that when you sell or throw your phone right away after you delete all data or even perform a hard reset, the deleted data sill have great chance to be recovered. But don’t worry, the following article will show how to erase your photos and videos on Samsung Galaxy phones and prevent them from being retrieving.

We all know the common way to overwrite the deleted data is to fill the phone storage with useless data. Honestly, it could be a very annoying and time-consuming job. So why don’t you remove the deleted photos from Samsung completely by using a Samsung photo eraser tool?

Permanently Erase Photos And Videos On Samsung By Jihosoft Mobile Privacy Eraser

Jihosoft Mobile Privacy Eraser is a professional phone data cleaning software, which can help you delete the data on your Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, S7, S7 Edge, S6, S6 Edge, S5, S4, Note 7, etc within a few simple operations. Because of its powerful data erasing algorithms, the software prevents the erased data being recovered by any recovery tool, so as to highly protect your privacy from leaking.

This Samsung Photo/Video Eraser has a very user-friendly interface, even if you are a computer newbie you still can use this software well. Next, I’ll give you a very simple introduction:

1. Download and install this software on your computer.
2. Connect your phone to PC.
3. Select an erasing plan.
   
4. Choose photos and videos to erase.
   
5. Decide which erasing algorithm you want to use.
   
6. Confirm erasing your data by enter “Erase” (since you can’t find the data back after erasing, so please think twice before you start):
   

Tips: You can watch the video to learn how to use the software more intuitively here: