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One sunny day, you accidentally deleted important Hangouts messages and are clueless about how to recover them?
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Recovering Old Hangouts Messages: A Guide
Method 1: Restoring Hangouts Messages via Gmail
If you've activated the chat history save option on Hangouts within Gmail, you can easily locate and restore deleted Hangouts messages caused by accidental deletion.
Step 1: Open any browser on your computer and sign in to Gmail. Then log in to your Gmail account, the one you use for Hangouts.
Step 2: Next, find and click on More (expand list).
Step 3: Click on Chats and the screen will display a list of all saved Hangouts chat history.
Step 4: Locate the conversation, message you want to search for, and click on it to read.
Method 2: Using Third-Party Apps to Recover Deleted Hangouts Messages
If the above method is not feasible, you can seek help from third-party apps, such as Android Data Recovery, to recover deleted Hangouts messages.
Android Data Recovery is data recovery software that helps recover various data like photos, videos, contacts, etc., on Android devices such as Samsung Galaxy, HTC, LG, Sony Xperia, Motorola, and more.
To recover deleted Hangouts messages using Android Data Recovery, the first step is to download the trial version of the app to scan the deleted Hangouts chat history. Then proceed to restore these conversations.
Download Android Data Recovery to your computer and install it here.
Step 1: Open the Android Data Recovery app you've downloaded and installed on your computer, then connect your Android phone to the computer via USB cable.
Step 2: Follow the on-screen instructions to enable USB storage and activate USB debugging on your Android device. This process may vary slightly on different versions of Android.
Step 3: After your computer scans and detects the Android device, press Allow on the Android device to grant permission, then click Next to select the type of file you want to scan. Then click Next to start scanning the device.
Step 4: Once the scanning process is complete, your data will be categorized by file format. Locate your Hangouts message files, then click Recover to restore and save the deleted messages on your computer.
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This article from Mytour just guided you through 2 methods to recover old Hangouts messages that have been deleted. Additionally, readers can refer to some other articles on Mytour to learn more about recovering messages on Gmail.
