Archived texts in Google Messages remaining in archive folder with new messages

[Warhammer486]

Recently in the last few weeks I have noticed text messages mostly with groups staying in the archived folder after someone sends a new message, rather than moving out to the main screen/inbox like it previously did. I still get an alert and can read the text, but it used to automatically move the message out of archive.

Is this a new feature? Any way to force it to back to automatically moving the messages into my inbox again?

 

[babado]

Identical issue, whats up?

 

[babado]

I thought Android owners were more tech savvy, help please people!

 

[stmiranda]

Don't see a way to force it back. You can always send feedback and ask.

 

[B. Diddy]

I thought Android owners were more tech savvy, help please people!

Welcome to Android Central! It can be a bit challenging to test an issue like this, since it's not necessarily a day-to-day occurrence. I'll try to test it on my Pixel 7 Pro.

In the meantime, try clearing the app cache for Google Messages in Settings>Apps, then Force Stop it and then open it again.

 

[mustang7757]

When it's in archive long pressing then tap the top button to unarchive ?

 

[Laserdave]

They are not asking how to unarchive a message. They are asking WHY the system is not unarchiving automatically when a new message comes in to a message chain that has been archived. Happening to me as well and seems to happen more often with GROUP texts, than individuals.

 

[mustang7757]

They are not asking how to unarchive a message. They are asking WHY the system is not unarchiving automatically when a new message comes in to a message chain that has been archived. Happening to me as well and seems to happen more often with GROUP texts, than individuals.

Welcome to AC!
Thanks for verifying the issue, sounds like you would need to contact Google on why thats happening .

 

[AlexisM]

Same problem and it's driving me crazy. I also noticed it's not consistent and more often affects group texts, although it also affects some single person texts, which makes me think it's a bug, not a new change to the app. Hoping next time there's an update it's fixed!

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I would echo the above suggestion to send feedback to Google about this from within the app's settings. If this is an unintended bug, it's important for Google to be made aware of it. (If it's intended for some odd reason, it's still important for Google to get feedback about why it's not ideal.)

Many people don't bother to send feedback because they assume it's useless, but I've seen a number of bugs fixed after doing so.