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jberkel / sms-backup-plus

Backup Android SMS, MMS and call log to Gmail / Gcal / IMAP
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync
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How to delete messages on Gmail (SMS label) and mirroring the clean on the phone ? #1073

Closed nonobio closed 2 years ago

nonobio commented 2 years ago

Hello,

I have a little question:

If I delete messages SMS on my phone and then I restore all messages with SMS Backup+: all is restored, including the deleted message: ok (https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/4)

But today I tried to delete messages on my Gmail backup, and then I did a restore: I hoped I would have the "cleaned" version of my messages but the deleted messages are always here on the phone after restoration completed.

I think it is because the SMS phone database hasn't been deleted before the restoration? Am I right?

If yes, should I delete it manually (if possible), before the restoration, or do you have any other recommendations?

What I would like is to clean my message by deleting which I don't want anymore. I found doing the cleaning on Gmail (or Thunderbird), easier, but is it possible?

Thanks :)

Expected behaviour

Delete messages on Gmail (SMS label) and mirroring the clean on the phone

Actual behaviour

Delete messages on Gmail (SMS label) are always present on the phone after a SMS Backup+ restoration.

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Delete message on Gmail on the SMS label. Start a restoration on SMS Backup+.

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ajhepple commented 2 years ago

Have you taken into account that when you delete a message in Gmail it isn't actually deleted immediately? Instead, Gmail adds a Bin label to the message which has the effect of hiding it from your inbox. Messages retain any other labels, including the SMS label. Messages labelled Bin are permanently deleted at some later date, determined by your account settings I think. I doubt SMS Backup excludes messages that have the Bin label when performing a restore.

nonobio commented 2 years ago

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, it's a good tip, but it seems that as I thought, by deleting the SMS database on my phone (done with SMS Backup & Restore: tools), I do not have my deleted SMS displayed anymore :).

Bye