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Question regarding switching default messaging apps

(Topic created: 11-05-2024 02:15 PM)
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Jt437
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Galaxy S23

if I switch from Verizon Message app to Samsung message app will all 4 years of my messages migrate to the Samsung message app including photos that were sent with the text messages?   Verizon  message app is being discontinued Nov 7 and I want to save my messages.   I tried using Smart Switch to save them to my computer but apparently it doesn't save messages from Verizon Message+ app because they didn't save to my computer.   Some people said Google Messages only saved 90 days of their messages and I don't have any cloud storage of any kind.  

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Jt437
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Galaxy S23

Thanks so much everyone.   I ended up backing all my messages up with SMS Backup and Restore that Robin and Cosmic Ray recommended for safety.    But I took a leap of faith and switched my default message app to Google messages and they all switched over fine.  However I never found out if SMS Backup and Restore can restore messages that were copied from Verizon Message + into a different message app (Google Messages) because I didn't test that.   If anyone did that and it worked let me know.  Thanks again!!