lumia 530 not saving texts?

[Delwynne Buchan]

hi there i just got a lumia 530 and it doesnt seem to overwrite text messages, i havent had a phone with this old feature in years....does anyone elses do this? how do i get it to if possible? thanks for ur help

 

[Harrie-S]

For a few words I use the backspace.
For a larger body of text I mark it and then push backspace.
See below link how to mark
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/how-to/wp8/basics/copy-and-paste