Learn how to set up an iPhone shortcut that locates your phone and takes a photo when you text it a specific keyword.

There are plenty of reasons why you might delete messages from your iPhone: they're sensitive, they're spam, you need to free up space, or you simply want to avoid clutter. Plus, who needs a digital ...

Many of us have experienced that moment of panic when we realized we accidentally deleted an important text message. The good news is that deleted text messages may not be lost forever. If you act ...

With so much of our lives contained on our devices, especially our iPhones or iPads, it can feel particularly devastating if you accidentally delete a message you still need. Whether it is ...

We've all been here before. All of us have, at one point or another, accidentally deleted an important text. Gloria, from Chepachet, Rhode Island, reached out to us with this question: "I accidentally ...

Nelson Aguilar is an LA-based tech how-to writer and graduate of UCLA. With more than a decade of experience, he covers Apple and Google and writes on iPhone and Android features, privacy and security ...

Did you accidentally delete important messages? The chances of retrieving them depend on how often you back up your data, how recently you deleted it, and the messaging app. Most Android phones use ...

The rise of RCS on Android in recent years has made traditional text messaging leaps and bounds better than it once used to be. You can now send high-quality photos and videos, react to messages, and ...

Scam text messages are becoming harder to detect, but Google is adding a new layer of protection for Android users. The ...