Not Texting Your Ex in 8 Easy Steps

Back away from the phone and carry on.

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Back Away From the Phone - Whether you've recently broken up or you’re taking a break, continuing to text your ex can be a bad move. These eight steps can help you put down the phone and carry on.

Delete All Previous Conversations - When you're scrolling innocently through your messages and an old conversation with your ex pops up, it's hard not to look. Reading past text messages can trigger hidden emotions and make you want to rekindle the convo. It's best to just get rid of the threads completely to avoid the temptation. (Photo: GettyImages) 

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Delete All Previous Conversations - When you're scrolling innocently through your messages and an old conversation with your ex pops up, it's hard not to look. Reading past text messages can trigger hidden emotions and make you want to rekindle the convo. It's best to just get rid of the threads completely to avoid the temptation. (Photo: GettyImages) 

Delete Their Contact Info - If the breakup ended badly and you never want to speak to the person again, deleting their contact information from your phone can help you fight the urge to dial their number. Even if you memorized their digits, trust us — erasing any trace of them in your phone will benefit you. (Photo: fstop/Corbis)

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Delete Their Contact Info - If the breakup ended badly and you never want to speak to the person again, deleting their contact information from your phone can help you fight the urge to dial their number. Even if you memorized their digits, trust us — erasing any trace of them in your phone will benefit you. (Photo: fstop/Corbis)

Save Their Name as Something Else - If you don't want to remove their number, it can help to save it under a name that reminds you of why you broke up, like "Cheater," "Liar," or "Don’t Pick Up," so that when you see their name pop up you’ll remember the reason why they don’t deserve your time in the first place. (Photo: APPLE)

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Save Their Name as Something Else - If you don't want to remove their number, it can help to save it under a name that reminds you of why you broke up, like "Cheater," "Liar," or "Don’t Pick Up," so that when you see their name pop up you’ll remember the reason why they don’t deserve your time in the first place. (Photo: APPLE)

Unfriend/Unfollow on Social Media - It's hard to get over someone when you're constantly being updated on their lives. As you see them moving forward without you, it's hard to not want to remind them of the life they had with you. Depending on the severity of how things ended, you can either remove your ex from your social media accounts or unfollow their updates. (Photo: Stockbyte/Getty Images)

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Unfriend/Unfollow on Social Media - It's hard to get over someone when you're constantly being updated on their lives. As you see them moving forward without you, it's hard to not want to remind them of the life they had with you. Depending on the severity of how things ended, you can either remove your ex from your social media accounts or unfollow their updates. (Photo: Stockbyte/Getty Images)

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Block His Incoming Phone Calls and Texts - If the issue isn't that you keep texting your ex, but that they keep contacting you, it might be time to block them. (Photo: GettyImages)

Don't Drink Too Much - We all know that what you put into your body makes a difference to your skin. Alcohol dries out skin and can make your breasts bloated. And one too many too often, will increase sagging.  (Photo: Shalom Ormsby/Blend Images/Corbis)

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Turn Off Your Phone While Drinking - Texting an ex can be awkward. Drunk texting them can be an embarrassment. Alcohol makes it seem like a good idea to pour your heart out in a typo-ridden paragraph of text. If you're with friends you trust, just turn your phone off and enjoy a drama-free night. (Photo: Neil Guegan/Corbis)

Keep Yourself Occupied - As the saying goes, "an idle mind is the devil's playground," and too much free time can make you reminisce on the past and tempt you to reach out to your ex "just to see how their doing." Go to the gym, learn a new language, make plans with your girls…do something to occupy your mind until you've truly let go. (Photo: Klaus Tiedge/Corbis)

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Keep Yourself Occupied - As the saying goes, "an idle mind is the devil's playground," and too much free time can make you reminisce on the past and tempt you to reach out to your ex "just to see how their doing." Go to the gym, learn a new language, make plans with your girls…do something to occupy your mind until you've truly let go. (Photo: Klaus Tiedge/Corbis)

Give It Time - Accepting that someone will no longer play the important role that they once held in your life is difficult, but if you can master it, it may help you move forward. It's easy to think that you don't want the person to forget about you, so you're tempted to reach out to see if you're still on their mind, but remember, you never forget someone that you loved or who truly made an impact on your life. (Photo: Hero Images)

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Give It Time - Accepting that someone will no longer play the important role that they once held in your life is difficult, but if you can master it, it may help you move forward. It's easy to think that you don't want the person to forget about you, so you're tempted to reach out to see if you're still on their mind, but remember, you never forget someone that you loved or who truly made an impact on your life. (Photo: Hero Images)