How to Read Deleted Messages with Notify Pro (and Why Some Are Missing)
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When a message reaches your phone as a notification, Notify Pro (Notification History & Log) saves its text and pictures on your phone. If the sender deletes the message later, you can still read the saved copy. Nothing is uploaded.
Set it up once
- Open the app and allow notification access. Without it, nothing can be saved.
- Allow the app to run in the background and turn off battery optimization for it, so saving does not stop. See the guides for Xiaomi and Huawei.
Read deleted messages
Open Deleted messages. It lists messages that were deleted after they arrived. Turn on Deleted message alerts to get a notification when one is caught. Not a deleted message? Long-press it to remove it from the list.
The free version shows some deleted messages; PRO unlocks all of them, plus unlimited history and full statistics.
Why a message was not saved
A message can only be saved if it arrived as a notification on this phone. It is not saved if:
- the chat was muted,
- you were looking at the chat when the message arrived,
- notifications were turned off, or notification access was off at that moment,
- the message was sent or deleted before you installed the app.
Using several notification manager apps at the same time can cause conflicts. Keep only one active.