Do deleted texts/conversations actually stay on your phone?

[TH55]

Someone said this in another thread and I want to make 100% sure before I restore from backup.

I deleted all of my texts because I was told it would speed up the performance of my phone. Is this not true? I kind of can already tell a difference, it doesn't seem quite as laggy.

If not I may restore from backup to have all of my conversations for reference.

 

[Ajones330]

I don't know if it factual but when I had my 4 and deleted all the texts my phone seemed to respond a lot quicker.

 

[TH55]

I don't know if it factual but when I had my 4 and deleted all the texts my phone seemed to respond a lot quicker.

Yeah it's like night and day

 

[CharismaticNerd]

I know after i delete conversations, they still appear in spotlight search, and unforuntately i'm not jailbroken anymore so i cant use icleaner, but i'd like a upfront answer from someone with a similar experience if they actually do stay on the phone and if so is there any way to delete them?

 

[Zmanbaseball2]

I know after i delete conversations, they still appear in spotlight search, and unforuntately i'm not jailbroken anymore so i cant use icleaner, but i'd like a upfront answer from someone with a similar experience if they actually do stay on the phone and if so is there any way to delete them?

Phoneclean?
http://www.imobie.com/phoneclean/


Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk 2

 

[BlaqkAudio]

I know after i delete conversations, they still appear in spotlight search, and unforuntately i'm not jailbroken anymore so i cant use icleaner, but i'd like a upfront answer from someone with a similar experience if they actually do stay on the phone and if so is there any way to delete them?

That's because Spotlight doesn't clear its caches immediately. Just disable and then reenable messages in your Spotlight settings to clear the cache.

 

[CharismaticNerd]

Phoneclean?
http://www.imobie.com/phoneclean/


Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk 2

Phone clean needs to be updated as it doesn't detect me on 6.1.3

----------

That's because Spotlight doesn't clear its caches immediately. Just disable and then reenable messages in your Spotlight settings to clear the cache.

That doesn't work..:/

 

[itsmemuffins]

It's not the text messages per say. It's spotlight.

As your text and email messages increase it just takes longer for spotlight to cache.

If you don't use spotlight just turn it off or turn it off for texts. No need to delete all your texts that way.

 

[CharismaticNerd]

It's not the text messages per say. It's spotlight.

As your text and email messages increase it just takes longer for spotlight to cache.

If you don't use spotlight just turn it off or turn it off for texts. No need to delete all your texts that way.

So then how do i get spotlight to recache? or can i delete it's cache somehow? to refresh it?

 

[itsmemuffins]

So then how do i get spotlight to recache? or can i delete it's cache somehow? to refresh it?

I'm afraid I do not know the answer to that.

 

[BlaqkAudio]

So then how do i get spotlight to recache? or can i delete it's cache somehow? to refresh it?

I read syncing with iTunes clears the cache. I can't attest to how accurate that is since I don't use Spotlight. It might also work if you do an iCloud sync.

Also, try rebooting your phone.

 

[CharismaticNerd]

I read syncing with iTunes clears the cache. I can't attest to how accurate that is since I don't use Spotlight. It might also work if you do an iCloud sync.

Also, try rebooting your phone.

Well thanks