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Recover deleted text messages

Can someone help me recover text messages accidentally deleted

Posted on Apr 8, 2021 9:37 PM

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Posted on Apr 9, 2021 6:02 AM

If you have iCloud Messages enabled, your messages are deleted permanently.


If you do not have iCloud messages enabled, and if you have a backup created prior to the deletion, and if you are willing to revert your entire device to the contents of that backup discarding all changes to your device made after the backup, then you can restore the backup and you might get the deleted messages back.

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Apr 9, 2021 6:02 AM in response to Legacy100

If you have iCloud Messages enabled, your messages are deleted permanently.


If you do not have iCloud messages enabled, and if you have a backup created prior to the deletion, and if you are willing to revert your entire device to the contents of that backup discarding all changes to your device made after the backup, then you can restore the backup and you might get the deleted messages back.

Recover deleted text messages

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