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How can I retrieve some deleted iMessages from my Apple IPad

How can I retrieve deleted IMessages from my Apple IPad?

Windows, Windows 6

Posted on Oct 23, 2019 12:30 PM

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Posted on Oct 23, 2019 12:50 PM

Do you use messages in iCloud (Keep all your messages in iCloud - Apple Support)? If so deletions are permanent.


If you don’t use messages in iCloud, you can restore your iCloud or iTunes backup to your device to recover deleted messages - as long as the device has not backed up again since you deleted them. If it has, then they will be gone from the backup as well.

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Oct 23, 2019 12:50 PM in response to zita2018

Do you use messages in iCloud (Keep all your messages in iCloud - Apple Support)? If so deletions are permanent.


If you don’t use messages in iCloud, you can restore your iCloud or iTunes backup to your device to recover deleted messages - as long as the device has not backed up again since you deleted them. If it has, then they will be gone from the backup as well.

How can I retrieve some deleted iMessages from my Apple IPad

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