Following the announced last monthGoogle Messages has widely implemented its new Trash folder to prevent accidental deletions.
Previously, deleting a conversation immediately deleted it from your Android phone. The new Trash folder serves as a “safety net.”
After tapping the “Trash” icon, Google Messages will explain the new behavior: “The chat will be deleted after 30 days.”
This “grace period” gives you one month before conversations are permanently deleted. (On Android Go devices, the duration is 7 days to “save space”).
You can access the Trash folder from the account menu by tapping your profile picture in the top right corner. It appears under Archived, which has not changed today.
This list shows how many messages there are in each conversation. You can “Delete All” or quickly restore all or individual threads to the main screen.
Meanwhile, if a Trash chat receives a new message, a “new thread with only the new message in its main chat list” will appear, and the previous ones will remain in the Trash folder.
We’re seeing Google Messages Trash widely deployed with stability version 20260327_00_RC00 of the application.
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