Recovering deleted messages

It says to tap edit in messages & then the recently deleted, but I’m not getting that. I’ve updated to 16

Posted on Oct 4, 2022 04:09 PM

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deggie

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Posted on Oct 4, 2022 04:16 PM

If the messages were deleted prior to installing iOS 16 that will not work.

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deggie

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Oct 4, 2022 04:16 PM in response to Kjd3

If the messages were deleted prior to installing iOS 16 that will not work.

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