If you see the message ” Message memory full ” on your cell phone , the solution is simple: delete old messages. If it persists, the alternative is to make more space in the internal memory.
It is important to pay attention to this alert, since as long as it is not solved, you may not receive new messages. Any incoming SMS will be rejected because there is no storage available.
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Article Index
- Delete messages (received or sent)
- Delete messages from SIM card
- How to free up memory space
Delete messages (received or sent)
- Open the Text Messages app.
- Long press on a message you want to delete. It will be marked.
- Simply tap on other messages to mark them as well.
- Tap the “Delete” button.
If you do not want to lose your messages, before deleting them you can make a backup with SMS Backup & Restore or SuperBackup, the same copy that you can save on the SD card or in the cloud.
Instead of doing this manually, some Android devices have an option that automatically deletes old messages. In the same SMS application, look for its “Settings” menu and activate the option that says ” Delete old messages ” or something similar.
Delete messages from SIM card
- Open the SMS app
- Tap the menu button (commonly top right)
- Choose “Settings”
- «More settings»
- “Text messages”
- “Manage SIM card messages”
How to free up memory space
If the “Message memory full” warning persists despite having deleted messages in the above ways, you should delete things in the internal memory:
- Use the space liberator that some cell phones bring: System settings> Maintenance> Storage> Release.
- Another simple thing you can do is uninstall applications or games: Settings> Applications.
- You can also download a file manager to explore internal memory for files you want to delete.
If you have problems, we have an article detailing these and other solutions for a full memory.
If the SMS are being saved in the internal memory, you better have 25 MB or more of available space . If this is not true, the memory notification full of messages is likely to continue to appear. And once you free up the space, it’s important that you reboot your phone to force re-analysis of memory.