Clear SMS 0.22.0 APK download
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- Version
- 0.22.0
- Released
- Oct 12, 2026
- Minimum Android
- Android 6
- Target Android
- Android 15
- Package
app.clearsms
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What's new
The app now does not assume your currency, your thread, your short codes.
Fixed
• The same person could appear as two separate conversations. Clear SMS matched phone numbers by their last ten digits, which is right for India and wrong almost everywhere else - a nine-digit Polish number, for instance, ended up with two different identities depending on whether the country code was written out. Conversations are now matched the way Android itself does it, and threads that were already split are m
Fixed
• The same person could appear as two separate conversations. Clear SMS matched phone numbers by their last ten digits, which is right for India and wrong almost everywhere else - a nine-digit Polish number, for instance, ended up with two different identities depending on whether the country code was written out. Conversations are now matched the way Android itself does it, and threads that were already split are m
Permissions
No permission changes compared to the previous version.
All permissions (17)
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.READ_CONTACTSandroid.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.READ_SMSandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.RECEIVE_MMSandroid.permission.RECEIVE_SMSandroid.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARMandroid.permission.SEND_SMSandroid.permission.USE_BIOMETRICandroid.permission.USE_FINGERPRINTandroid.permission.VIBRATEandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKandroid.permission.WRITE_SMSapp.clearsms.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION