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Deleting iPhone texts permanently?

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ptbsbll12
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Ok so this may be a dumb question but I need to delete a large amount of texts from a single conversation on my iPhone. It's the conversation with my ex who I have like 150,000 texts from and its taking up a lot of space. If I just click "Edit" and then "Delete" it doesn't get rid of it permanently. It will be impossible for me to go into the conversation and delete each text individually so what can I do? And I even click delete all within the conversation and it just comes back....
Jul 23 2014 10:06AM
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Elg
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cant you just swipe left or right on the conversation in your inbox and delete the whole thing?
Jul 23 2014 10:39AM
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smooter
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Elgcant you just swipe left or right on the conversation in your inbox and delete the whole thing?


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come on op, ya dingus
Jul 23 2014 10:50AM
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ptbsbll12
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Elgcant you just swipe left or right on the conversation in your inbox and delete the whole thing?


I do this and yes the conversation disappears, but once I turn my phone off and on its back...
Jul 23 2014 11:09AM
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FreedGucci
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ptbsbll12I do this and yes the conversation disappears, but once I turn my phone off and on its back...


You could try getting a new one
Jul 23 2014 11:11AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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ptbsbll12iPhone.


there's your problem....
Jul 23 2014 11:14AM
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ptbsbll12
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I even go within the conversation, click "more" on a message, click "delete conversation" and it disappears, but once I restart my phone it just reappears.
Jul 23 2014 11:19AM
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JOP177
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Why don't you just try factory resetting your phone? As long as everything is backed up on your computer, you can get all your music, apps, etc. back. I'd imagine that's the next step after turning it off and then turning it on and seeing if the problem persists.
Jul 23 2014 11:20AM
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JOP177
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=texts+wont+delete+iphone
Jul 23 2014 11:22AM
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Wizerd
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If you go into setting and then messages theres an option to delete all messages, See if that works
Jul 23 2014 11:24AM
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toastyteenagers
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Do that, the go into spotlight and turn off texts
Jul 23 2014 1:03PM
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skier58284
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magnets
Jul 23 2014 6:16PM
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Anathema
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you have to delete system32
Jul 23 2014 6:18PM
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spaceghostpurp
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factory reseting your phone is a good idea. OR maybe its a sign that you should get back with your ex...
Jul 23 2014 6:53PM
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Dolan.Escobar
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I think ur phone is messed up. Go see the geniuses at apple
Jul 23 2014 8:21PM
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las.
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Put phone in microwave, hope this helps
Jul 23 2014 10:01PM
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DIPED_IN_SAUCE
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Sync it with your computer, and delete all your other texts as well.
Jul 24 2014 12:57AM
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Z-PAULY.
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ptbsbll12I even go within the conversation, click "more" on a message, click "delete conversation" and it disappears, but once I restart my phone it just reappears.



then dont restart your phone.......
just let the phone process whats happening and dont turn it off for a while (since youre deleting a lot of files it sometimes needs time. its happened to my iphone too but on a smaller scale)
Jul 24 2014 7:00AM
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timmi
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If you have a macbook too then you probably have to delete from within there as well, or else it'll just sync back up.
Jul 24 2014 8:48AM
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SquattingDog
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The rule of texting is don't say something you wouldn't say in real life, if your still worried about someone looking at it put a password on your phone.
Jul 24 2014 12:36PM
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Mr.Sloth
Posts: 5091 - Karma: 13,469
Ok let me walk you through this

>Drive to Apple headquarters
>Kill security
>Break into super secret underground servers
>A new challenger appears
>Steve Jobs???
>Kill Steve Jobs
>Rip apart serves with your bloody hands
Jul 24 2014 1:36PM
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FreedGucci
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Mr.SlothOk let me walk you through this

>Drive to Apple headquarters
>Kill security
>Break into super secret underground servers
>A new challenger appears
>Steve Jobs???
>Kill Steve Jobs
>Rip apart serves with your bloody hands


There's only one problem with that plan... Everything is in the cloud, good luck finding it
Jul 24 2014 1:47PM
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