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Deleted text messages

Is it possible to retrieve deleted messages from months ago?

iPhone XS Max

Posted on Sep 13, 2019 4:29 AM

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Posted on Sep 13, 2019 5:27 AM

The only way you can retrieve those are if you still had a backup version that included them and no backup version since that was done after the deletions. If you restore that backup you will lose everything you added since them.


If you activated iCloud Messages they are gone.

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deggie
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Sep 13, 2019 5:27 AM in response to Marysangel

The only way you can retrieve those are if you still had a backup version that included them and no backup version since that was done after the deletions. If you restore that backup you will lose everything you added since them.


If you activated iCloud Messages they are gone.

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