HTC Butterfly Backing up your text messages, Deleting several messages within a conversation

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3.If the message is locked, tap Unlock message on the options menu, and then tap the message to display the options menu again.

4.Tap Delete message, and then tap OK.

Deleting several messages within a conversation

1.On the Messages screen, tap a contact (or phone number) to display the exchange of messages with that contact.

2.Tap > Delete messages.

3.Tap Delete by selection or Delete by phone number (if the contact used multiple phone numbers throughout the conversation).

In the Messages settings, tap General > Delete old messages to auto delete old messages per conversation.

Deleting a conversation

1.On the Messages screen, press and hold a contact (or phone number) whose messages you want to delete, and then tap Delete.

2.Tap OK to delete the entire thread.

Any locked messages in the conversation thread will not be deleted unless you select the Delete locked messages option.

Deleting several conversations

1.On the Messages screen, tap > Delete threads.

2.Select the conversation threads you want to delete.

3.Tap Delete. Any locked messages will not be deleted.

Backing up your text messages

Keep important text messages by backing them up to the phone storage. You can easily restore backed up text messages after you've deleted them from your message list.

1.From the Home screen, tap > Messages.

2.Tap > Back up/Restore SMS > Back up.

3.If you're asked if you want to continue, tap OK, and then tap Back up SMS.

4.Enter a name for your backup file, and then tap OK.