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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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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.

Posted on Oct 23, 2019 12:50 PM

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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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