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Can I recover deleted messages

Can I recover deleted messages?

iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 15

Posted on Feb 12, 2022 3:36 PM

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Posted on Feb 12, 2022 3:38 PM

If you have not activated iCloud Messages (if you did they are gone) and if they are in your latest backup you can restore your iPhone from that backup. You will lose any data added since the date/time of that backup: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

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Feb 12, 2022 3:39 PM in response to Jetseterr

Short answer is NO if you use iCloud for Messages. YES if you have a backup file, of your iPhone, when the text was present AND you do not use iCloud for Messages. Detailed answer is below.


Recover Deleted Texts



If iCloud is set to ON for text messages and you deleted some text messages then they are gone from iCloud so cannot retrieved!  If this is the case then it is all over and no need to read further.


 If you do not use iCloud for text messages then you can restore your iPhone from a backup on your iCloud account (if you use iCloud to back up your iPhone). Once you restore then your texts will only be as current as when the back up was created. Here is 👉 How to restore your iPhone from an iCloud back up.


The other option is to restore your iPhone from a backup that you may have created on your computer. Once again, if you restore your iPhone from a computer back up then your texts will only be as current as the day and time the backup was created. 

If you have a backup created on your computer and If you choose to restore your iPhone from your iPhone from it then here is how to do it 👉 Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


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