But you may not want to go through and manually choose which texts to delete, so the iPhone has a setting that can control the amount of time that texts remain on your iPhone. if you find that texts have been deleted from your phone automatically, then that setting is likely the reason. Fortunately you can configure your iPhone to keep text messages forever, if you so choose.
How to Disable Automatic Message Deletion on an iPhone
The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10.3.3. This assumes that your device is currently deleting text messages automatically when they have been on your device for either 30 days or a year. Following this guide will show you where to find the setting that controls that period of time. One of those options is “Forever” which will keep all of your messages on your iPhone unless you choose to manually delete them, Step 1: Touch the Settings icon.
Step 2: Choose the Messages option.
Step 3: Scroll down and select the Keep Messages option.
Step 4: Tap the amount of time that you would like to keep your messages on your device before they are deleted. Note that choosing Forever will keep your messages indefinitely unless you delete them manually.
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