How to Clear Call Log on Android

As is known to us all, insufficient storage memory will cause the slowness of system operation, which is the bad user experience. In order to accelerate the operation, we have to delete some data on our Android phones or insert a larger SD memory card to expand the storage space. Or you have some little secrets hidden in the call log and you don’t want anyone else to find out. Hence, you need to clear the call history from your Android.

Generally speaking, it is not difficult to delete the call log on Android. Every Android phones has the system-provided delete function. Here this article will show you several methods of different Android phones to explain how to delete call on on Android.

Clear Call Log on Samsung Devices:

Open the Phone app > tap and hold the entry you want to delete or click “MORE” on the top right and tap “Edit” > you can mark “All” to clear the whole call log or select the items you want to delete > click “DELETE” on the right top

Clear Call Log on HTC Devices:

Open Phone app > tap “Call History” > then click the 3 dots on the top right > choose “Remove call history” > select the entries you want to delete or tap 3 dots on the top right to “Select all” to clear all > click “DELETE” on the right bottom

Clear Call Log on Motorola Devices:

Open Phone app > tap the 3 dots icon on the top search bar > choose “Call history” > then select “Clear call history” to clear the call log

Clear Call Log on Sony Devices:

Open Phone app > tap on the name or photo of the call log > choose “Call Details” > then tap the recycle bin icon on the top right corner to delete the entry

Clear Call Log on Huawei Devices:

Open Phone app > tap the “Menu” on the bottom right > click “Delete call log” > select the call log you want to delete or click “Delete all” on the bottom to clear all > then tap “Delete”

Actually, most of the Android phones have the same way to singly delete a call history. That is, tap and hold a item for a while, a pop-up will come out in which you can click “Delete from call history” to delete it.

However, the call history you deleted with the methods mentioned above are not disappeared from your Android for good. They are marked as deleted data by the system but still exist in the phone until they are overwritten by the new call log. They can be recovered by some powerful data recovery software, like Jihosoft Android Phone Recovery.

If you worry about the recoverable call log and want to clear them all permanently, I’d strongly recommend a professional tool: Mobile Privacy Eraser to help. It supports all Android OS and devices like the phones mentioned above and it needs only a few steps to complete its process. Here is a specific tutorial guide to clear call log on Android: Jihosoft Mobile Privacy Eraser User Guide.

Note: Please make a backup of the important call log before you decide to follow the steps. Once you perform the software, they cannot be recovered anyhow.