How do I read a deleted email?
When an email is deleted from your inbox, you can no longer open it there. But your phone showed you a notification when it arrived. Notification Tracker & Alarms saves that notification in a searchable history, so you can still read it.
Set it up in three steps
- Install Notification Tracker & Alarms from Google Play.
- Open the app and allow notification access when it asks. This is what lets it see the notifications your phone shows.
- That's all. From now on every Gmail message notification is saved. When a message gets deleted, open the History tab, find the chat and read the original.
What is saved, and what isn't
- Saved: the sender, the message text and the time, for messages that arrived after you installed the app.
- Not saved: messages that were deleted before you installed the app. The app cannot go back in time, so install it before you need it.
- Notifications must be on. If you turned off notifications for Gmail or for a chat, no notification is shown, so nothing is saved.
- Photos, videos and voice messages show up in the notification only as a label such as "Photo", so the file itself is not kept.
- Only the preview. An email notification shows the sender, the subject and the first part of the text. The full email is not saved.
Frequently asked questions
Can I recover messages that were deleted before I installed the app? No. The app saves messages from the moment you install it and allow notification access. Earlier messages cannot be restored.
Will the sender know I read the deleted message? No. The app only reads the notifications on your phone. It never opens the chat, so nobody is told.
Do I need root? No. A normal install from Google Play and the notification access permission are enough.
Is my data uploaded anywhere? No. Your history stays on your phone.
Is it free? Yes, the app is free to use. Pro adds unlimited history and removes ads.