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How can u retrieve text messages

How to retrieve text messages from I cloud

iPhone XS

Posted on Sep 8, 2019 3:39 AM

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Posted on Sep 8, 2019 10:59 AM

If you are syncing Messages with iCloud and the text messages were deleted, you can't recover them. If you weren't syncing Messages to iCloud, restore a backup made when the messages were on the phone. Restoring from a backup erases all data currently on your device. Any data newer than when the backup was made will be erased. A restore is an all or nothing restore. You can't access a backup and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup

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Sep 8, 2019 10:59 AM in response to benita145

If you are syncing Messages with iCloud and the text messages were deleted, you can't recover them. If you weren't syncing Messages to iCloud, restore a backup made when the messages were on the phone. Restoring from a backup erases all data currently on your device. Any data newer than when the backup was made will be erased. A restore is an all or nothing restore. You can't access a backup and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup

How can u retrieve text messages

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