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How to restore deleted texts

How to restore deleted texts

iPhone XR

Posted on Aug 6, 2019 2:12 AM

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Posted on Aug 6, 2019 5:57 AM

If you’re using messages in iCloud, deletions are permanent - Keep all your messages in iCloud - Apple Support


If you don’t use messages in iCloud, messages are part of your iTunes or iCloud backup and you could restore that backup. A restore replaces everything on your device with the backup file contents though. And backups are incremental and overwrite each previous backup, so the deleted messages may no longer be in your current backup.

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Aug 6, 2019 5:57 AM in response to Peeward

If you’re using messages in iCloud, deletions are permanent - Keep all your messages in iCloud - Apple Support


If you don’t use messages in iCloud, messages are part of your iTunes or iCloud backup and you could restore that backup. A restore replaces everything on your device with the backup file contents though. And backups are incremental and overwrite each previous backup, so the deleted messages may no longer be in your current backup.

How to restore deleted texts

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