{"id":392139,"date":"2026-04-10T20:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/392139\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:06:34","slug":"google-messages-for-android-rolls-out-trash-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/392139\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Messages for Android rolls out Trash folder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following the announcement last month<\/a>, Google Messages has widely rolled out its new Trash folder to save you from accidental deletions.<\/p>\n

Previously, deleting a conversation immediately removed it from your Android phone. The new Trash folder serves as a \u201csafety net.\u201d<\/p>\n

After tapping the \u201cTrash\u201d icon, Google Messages will explain the new behavior: \u201cChat will be deleted after 30 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This \u201cgrace period\u201d gives you a month before conversations are permanently deleted. (On Android Go devices, the duration is 7 days to \u201csave space.\u201d)<\/p>\n

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You can access the Trash folder from the account menu by tapping your profile image in the top-right corner. It appears underneath Archived, which is unchanged today.<\/p>\n

This list shows how many messages are in each conversation. You can \u201cDelete all\u201d or quickly restore all or individual threads back to the main\u00a0screen.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, if a chat in the Trash receives a new message, a \u201cnew thread with only the new message appears in your main chat list,\u201d with the previous ones remaining in the Trash folder.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re seeing the Google Messages Trash widely rolled out with stable version 20260327_00_RC00<\/a> of the app.<\/p>\n

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