Deleted top conversation from iCloud erased it from phone as well

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Deleted top conversation from iCloud erased it from phone as well

I was trying to free up some space on my iCloud and wanted to remove some conversations but I had plenty of space on my phone and wanted to keep them there. I went to iCloud Storage > Messages > Top Conversations and deleted the largest one.

However, it looks like those messages were deleted on both my phone and iCloud as after resetting the phone and reverting to a back up from the night before, the message didn’t reappear.

Is there any way to restore my messages?

iPhone 12, iOS 16

Posted on Apr 12, 2023 06:26 PM

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TheLittles

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Apr 12, 2023 06:38 PM in response to bri_mff

bri_mff Said:

"Deleted top conversation from iCloud erased it from phone as well: Is there any way to restore my messages?"

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You deleted the entire thread. Unfortunately, there is no way to remove a single or multiple replies in a text thread.

Troubleshooting Lost Texts:

What to Consider:

A. Restore from Today's Backup:

Restore your iPhone from a backup of it that contains these messages, and you could recover them.

B. Check Messages App:

If messages was enabled on your iPhone along with your Apple computer, then check and see if the Messages app is enabled on your Mac to see if it exists in it. You'd start up your Mac, not connecting to the Internet, and open the Massages app. Then proceed from there with retrieving it. Important: Be certain you do not connect to the Internet while booting up, as syncing would delete it. So, power off your router to avoid the connection.

Elsewise, if they're gone, they're gone. That's just the way it is :(

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