A short message service (SMS) message processing method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The electronic device is configured to receive a SMS message and set identification information of the SMS message to correspond to a processing manner for the received SMS message. A first processing manner is either deleting the received SMS message or saving the received SMS message in a junk SMS message storage area. A second processing manner is saving the received SMS message in a conventional SMS message storage area, and displaying both a content of the received SMS message and a delete option when a view operation on the received SMS message is detected. A third processing manner is saving the received SMS message in the conventional SMS message storage area. A fourth processing manner is saving the received SMS message in a confidential SMS message storage area.