I have a few messages in my Messages app from contacts that don't support replies. I've accidentally forwarded a message from one of my other contacts to a non-reply contact, now whenever I look at the main Messages screen, I can see there's a draft under the no-reply contact, however when I enter that contact there's no draft at the bottom, nor any option to see the draft and/or delete it.
Is there any way to get rid of this phantom draft?
After playing around with the app, I've found that this is something that Google messenger has overlooked. They don't have any option of clearing drafts.
After some research I found that it's safe to clear data of your messenger app. This will clear all drafts and unsent messages, but nothing else.
To do that, go to settings -> apps -> messages -> storage -> clear data.
Sent and received messages are not stored in the messaging app, rather they are stored in /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.android.providers.telephony.
(You might need a rooted phone to access this)
Therefore clearing the app data is not going to delete your messages.
I have tried this myself before recommending such a drastic move. (I did make a backup before that, just in case.)
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