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Aarerc12 Author

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I need help to retrieve text messages I deleted on accident

Can I retrieve a text conversation I deleted on accident

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Nov 24, 2019 6:19 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Posted on Nov 24, 2019 6:23 PM

That depends. If you sync your texts to iCloud, then they are not recoverable. If you do not sync to iCloud and you have a backup to either iTunes or iCloud that contains those messages you can restore that backup. Note that restoring a backup is all or nothing; it replaces all of the content on the phone with the contents of the backup. It isn't selective.

To check if you are syncing to iCloud go to Settings{your name}/iCloud and check the switch for Messages.

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