I do not want my text to delete I want to keep them to refer back to and my texts are deleting off of my iPhone can you tell me how to go to settings so I can keep all my text messages that I want

Go to Settings > Messages > Keep Messages and change that option to Forever.

To delete an entire thread, in the Messages app, on the list of messages, swipe right to left and tap the trash icon, then confirm in the dialog that appears.

To delete a single message in a longer thread, tap on the thread, then hold your finger on the message until a menu appears. Tap More in that menu, then the trash icon.

The reason for the “Are you sure” dialog is once messages or threads are deleted, they can’t be recovered.

Jrstrahler wrote:

How Delete text messages on my phone I never want to see and want to get rid of, my phone is an iPhone 12+ promax

Open the Messages app on your phone, slide the message thread that you want to delete to the left, tap the trash icon, tap Delete at the bottom of the screen.

How Delete text messages on my phone I never want to see and want to get rid of, my phone is an iPhone 12+ promax

How do delete text messages I don’t want to see