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Chatview feature guide
Find out what Chatview can save, search and reply to. Available content depends on the original app’s notifications and your device settings.
Content updated 2026-11-09
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Save new message notifications by conversation
After Android notification access is enabled, Chatview saves new message content exposed in supported apps’ notifications. It cannot fetch content from disabled notifications or hidden message text.
One inbox for supported apps
Read saved conversations and narrow the inbox using app filters. Chatview’s unread indicators do not represent the original messenger’s read status. Contacts permission for showing names for SMS numbers is optional.
Search saved senders and message text
Look up a name or remembered words in content stored on this device, then open the matching conversation. The original messenger’s entire history and conversations from before setup are not searchable here.
View images provided by notifications
Preview and enlarge accessible notification images. Not every photo is saved, and missing or expired images cannot be restored. Remaining text can still be read without an image.
Reply with text through a valid notification
A send result reports request handling, not confirmed delivery or reading by the recipient. If the notification is gone or does not support replies, use the original app. Sending images and image replies are not supported.
Choose which apps save content and for how long
Choose supported apps
Enable or disable future saving for apps that have sent notifications. Disabling saving does not delete existing content.
7 or 30 days
Changing retention also affects existing content’s expiry. A longer period does not bring back messages or images already removed.
Delete local saved content
Clear content stored in Chatview. This does not delete the original messenger’s conversations and cannot be undone.
Understand indicators and control display settings
Deletion indicators are estimates based on notification signals and matching saved content. They do not prove an actual deletion or recover text that was never saved.
Manage screen-content protection and System/Light/Dark themes. Messages are encrypted on the device, but there is no app-operated cloud sync, backup or restore feature. Check the privacy policy for advertising and other external services.
Common questions
Can I recover deleted messages?
You can view a copy if content was received in a notification and saved before deletion. Chatview does not retrieve historical server conversations or recover unsaved content.
Does previewing preserve read status?
Reading a saved copy is separate from the original messenger’s read handling. Opening that app or replying can invoke its behavior, so unchanged read status is not guaranteed.