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I have sent an message to a person who blocked me, I did not delete it for everyone, I just deleted for me. So I was unblocked. I know messages don’t go through once they have unblocked you, my question is if I want to retrieve messages will that one I have deleted be retrieved as well and will it go through to the person who has unblocked me?

Posted on May 22, 2022 12:21 AM

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Posted on May 22, 2022 8:41 AM

You will probably have to send the message again.


If you were syncing Messages with iCloud and deleted them, they can't be recovered. If you weren't syncing Messages with iCloud, do you have a backup you can restore from? Restoring from a backup erases all data currently on your device. Any data newer than when the backup was made will be erased. A restore is an all or nothing restore. You can't access a backup and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.    *


ASC YouTube for how to restore an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from an iCloud backup


ASC YouTube for how to restore your iPhone or iPad from a backup on your Mac

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May 22, 2022 8:41 AM in response to Sonjar012

You will probably have to send the message again.


If you were syncing Messages with iCloud and deleted them, they can't be recovered. If you weren't syncing Messages with iCloud, do you have a backup you can restore from? Restoring from a backup erases all data currently on your device. Any data newer than when the backup was made will be erased. A restore is an all or nothing restore. You can't access a backup and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.    *


ASC YouTube for how to restore an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from an iCloud backup


ASC YouTube for how to restore your iPhone or iPad from a backup on your Mac

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