Similarly, can a text message disappear?
For Android users, tap the menu button in the top-right corner of any conversation and choose "Disappearing messages." Using the pop-up menu, scroll up to select the desired duration. When done correctly, a stopwatch will appear between the number and the phone icon in your conversation thread.
Subsequently, question is, do old text messages get deleted? You can accidentally delete important text messages because of a wrong tap or lose all the messages after a factory reset, system crash, rooting. But the good news is, you can still recover the deleted messages or restore the old text messages so long as they are not overwritten by new data.
Hereof, why have all my text messages disappeared?
Go to Settings > Messages and turn off iMessage and then MMS Messaging and wait a few seconds and turn them back on. Update your device to the latest version of iOS. You can do that wirelessly by going to Settings > General > Software Update.
What does disappearing messages mean?
When you send a message in a secret conversation, you can also set a timer to have your message disappear from the conversation. Your message will disappear in the amount of time you choose after the other person sees the message. To set a disappearing message in a secret conversation: iPhone or iPad: From Chats, tap .
