How to retrieve a draft text message on iphone

You can force a draft to save at any time by clicking the Save button in the top left menu bar of the email message or click File > Save.

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How do I get back a draft text message?
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In the folder pane, click the Drafts folder, then double-click the message. If you want to delete a draft, right-click a message in the draft folder and select Delete.

Select File > Options..
In the left pane, click Mail.
Under Save messages, select or clear the Automatically save items that have not been sent after this many minutes check box.
You can also use this option to change how often draft messages are saved. Enter any value between 1 and 99.

Better together: Manage drafts from Outlook for iOS and Outlook for Android

If you use Outlook for iOS or Outlook for Android, your drafts will automatically synchronize to your mobile device. From there, you can finish messages you've started at your computer, easily add attachments from your photos or camera, or use Office Lens to capture notes from a whiteboard in a meeting.

To manually save a draft of a message, do one of the following:

Click Save on the Quick Access Toolbar.
Click the Microsoft Office Button
, and then click Save.

In Mail, in the Navigation Pane, click Drafts, and then double-click the message.

Tip: To delete any draft, click the message and then press Delete.

On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Preferences tab, under E-mail, click E-mail Options.
Clear the Automatically save unsent messages check box.

On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Preferences tab, under E-mail, click E-mail Options.
Under Message handling, click Advanced E-mail Options.
Under Save messages, next to AutoSave items every, in the minutes box enter a number between 1 and 99.

Were you interrupted when you started a text message to a contact? No problem. Your phone saves the message as a draft that will be waiting in your Text Messaging inbox when you’re ready to finish and send it (or delete it). To find the draft, touch Messaging > Text Messaging.

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Cherie3220 Posts 1 Registration date Monday January 5, 2015 Status Member Last seen January 5, 2015 - Jan 5, 2015 at 10:44 PM
blammo - Apr 4, 2019 at 10:47 PM

I was almost at the end of composing a long and important text message when it suddenly disappeared. I have no idea why but more importantly, no idea how to restore the text message. My phone is a Model A 1387 I phone iPhone S

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Ambucias Posts 47359 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen September 1, 2021 11,244
Jan 6, 2015 at 05:57 AM

For iphones, I've been through 3 phones and this issue continued. Got obsessed one night to fix it - turn on icloud and have messages included. Blammo - 4 year old issue fixed.

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How do I get back a draft text message?

Once Draft messages are created and you want to check the list of Draft message,just go to Messaging->tap sub menu->tap on Draft Messages to see the list of Draft Messages.

How do I recover unfinished text messages on my iPhone?

1. Open Notes app on your iPhone. 2. Locate the messages in your notes list, then you will find your draft text messages.

Where are my text message drafts?

Your phone saves the message as a draft that will be waiting in your Text Messaging inbox when you're ready to finish and send it (or delete it). To find the draft, touch Messaging > Text Messaging.