# Ionic sms retriever

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-sms-retriever/243371>\
**Category:** Capacitor\
**Created:** [July 30, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-sms-retriever/243371 "2024-07-30T10:59:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tushar0107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@tushar0107](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/tushar0107)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-sms-retriever/243371/1 "2024-07-30T10:59:54Z")

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The plugin for SMS retrieval in ionic capacitor is not supported in the newer versions of Ionic (`[capacitor-sms-retriever](https://snyk.io/advisor/npm-package/capacitor-sms-retriever)`).  
Since it is no more maintained, is there any alternative for reading SMS.

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**Author:** ![kantharia1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/kantharia1/32/138937_2.png) [@kantharia1](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/kantharia1)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-sms-retriever/243371/2 "2025-07-09T06:48:46Z")

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did you found any alternative?