Messages on my iPhone from one of my contacts were deleted accidentally. How can I recover my messages.
How can I recover messages that were deleted accidentally from one of my contacts?
iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 14
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That depends. If you sync messages to iCloud (Settings/[your name]/iCloud - Messages ON) there is no way to recover deleted messages.
If you DO NOT sync messages to iCloud and you do have a recent iCloud or computer backup made before the messages were deleted you can restore that backup to your phone. This will overwrite everything on the phone, however, not just the deleted messages.