Recovering deleted messages older than 30 days from iCloud backup on iPhone

To recover messages deleted more than 30 days ago:

• Yes, you can recover them if they were included in your last iCloud backup
• You must restore your iPhone from that older backup
• If the backup was made after deletion → recovery is impossible
• Apple does not retain older backup versions
• You can restore to a second device if you don’t want to erase your current phone

111Steven wrote:

How do I recover old messages that have been deleted more than 30 days in my iCloud back up

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Original Title: Old message recovery

Assuming those pictures were included in the backup, then you would restore your phone to factory settings and once it boots back up, choose restore from backup.

Settings - general - reset/transfer phone - erase all contents and settings.

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support