Deleted imessages

Woke up to find my iMessages deleted 🥲 is there anyway I can retrieve them from icloud ? I have always had backup on

iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 15

Posted on Mar 1, 2023 05:14 PM

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Posted on Mar 1, 2023 05:24 PM

If you are on iOS 16 open Messages.

Tap on Filters (top left).

Tap on Recently Deleted.

You will find messages that were deleted in the past 30 days here.


If you have an iCloud backup from before the time when you deleted the text, you should be able to get it back by restoring your phone from that backup. Note that this is unlikely if your phone backs up every evening.

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Mar 1, 2023 05:24 PM in response to Imthelamb01

If you are on iOS 16 open Messages.

Tap on Filters (top left).

Tap on Recently Deleted.

You will find messages that were deleted in the past 30 days here.


If you have an iCloud backup from before the time when you deleted the text, you should be able to get it back by restoring your phone from that backup. Note that this is unlikely if your phone backs up every evening.

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