I accidently pressed delete instead of recover, is there any way I can retrieve this messages?

I accidently deleted important text messages that I needed for a court case.

I panicked and quickly tried to retrieve them but was so nervous I pressed delete instead of recover.

Is there any way to recover these messages.

iPhone 7 Plus

Posted on Aug 17, 2023 11:24 AM

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Aug 17, 2023 11:32 AM in response to Daisy209_90

Not with your iphone 7 not running iOS 16 there isn't (easily).


When using a mobile device OS version prior to 16, and using iCloud with Messages, when you deleted them they are gone permanently. If you were not using iCloud with messages you may be able to restore them from a backup but only if you are prepared to revert the entire contents of your device back to the time when the backup was made. See this Apple Recommended 2021 post by ASC contributor Chris0107: trying to ser if theres a way i can recov… - Apple Community



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