Messages app crashing

[Papyrus16]

My Samsung Messages app keeps closing. I've restarted my phone multiple times. I've gone to Settings > App Settings > Messages > Storage and hit Clear cache and Clear data. When I do this, the space used for cache and data go down to 0, but then immediately go back up to the original storage amounts when I reopen Messages.

I found a previous conversation about Messages crashing in Dec 2023 and tried following the instructions but when I held down the power button and volume up with the phone turned off, the phone restarted as normal, even though I held them down until after the Samsung logo disappeared.

If I can't fix it, can I install a different app for

My Google storage is 94% full. Could that be connected?

[ThatOneDeerBoy]

You can reply from the notifications bar, but you can't open the app itself. Which is fine until they send multiple messages and you can't see them all. I don't know what's going on

[Marmars]

Mine as well! Tried to clear cache and everything! Super annoyed!

[Solstice22]

Yep I am having the same issue. I wiped cache, and data, restarted phone several times, un-installed messages app then updated and still won't work.

So I installed Google message app for now and that app works

[mccart15]

I'm having the same problem.  Cleared cashe & data and it still crashes after about 3 seconds.  I am temporarily using Google messenger. It work fine.  Just hate the ads.

[thatmom2]

Same thing happening here... frustrating!!

[Aserrut]

Same problem, cleared cache, deleted all messages, cleared cache partition and nothing 

[mvm136]

Saw on another post that someone suggested to disable google meet and it worked for me on my S21

[userJ1s9thQlLp]

Disabling google meet definitly work too here ... S23+...

[Budster]

Thank you! this worked.

[rywhite]

This worked for me too. S22 ultra.