Deleted text messages

The only way to recover deleted text messages is to restore the phone to a backup that was made when the messages were on the device. Understand, that restoring to a backup will delete all content on the device since the date/time of the backup. Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

angelia257 wrote:

How do I retrieve deleted text messages? I accidentally deleted all of my messages from someone and I only meant to delete one.

How do I retrieve deleted messages

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You can recover deleted iMessages in three ways. Recovering straight from your iPhone with the quick-scan Enigma Recovery software will enable you to view instant deleted messages in minutes, without the need to use a backup file. The other options involve recovering deleted iMessages from an iTunes or iCloud backup.Oct 4, 2018

How to Recover Deleted iMessages on iPhone | Enigma Recovery