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madelyn131 Author

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How to recover deleted text

How do i recover text that have been deleted?

iPhone XR

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 10:58 AM

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Eric Root

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Posted on Sep 23, 2019 1:58 PM

If you aren't syncing Messages with iCloud, restore from a backup. 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.

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