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how to recover text from Icloud on Iphone 8

Posted on Jul 4, 2020 1:20 PM

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Posted on Jul 4, 2020 1:28 PM

Do you use iCloud for your Texts to sync across your devices? Did you delete these messages and are now looking to recover them? If you are using iCloud for Texts AND you have deleted those messages then you have lost those messages forever.


f you do not use iCloud for text messages then you can restore your iPhone from a backup on your iCloud account (if you use iCloud to back up your iPhone). Once you restore then your texts will only be as current as when the back up was created. Here is ➔ How to restore your iPhone from an iCloud back up.


The other option is to restore your iPhone from a backup that you may have created on your computer. Once again, if you restore your iPhone from a computer back up then your texts will only be as current as the day and time the backup was created. 

If you have a backup created on your computer and If you choose to restore your iPhone from your iPhone from it then here is how to do it ➔ Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


Axel F.

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Jul 4, 2020 1:28 PM in response to Gregfoun

Do you use iCloud for your Texts to sync across your devices? Did you delete these messages and are now looking to recover them? If you are using iCloud for Texts AND you have deleted those messages then you have lost those messages forever.


f you do not use iCloud for text messages then you can restore your iPhone from a backup on your iCloud account (if you use iCloud to back up your iPhone). Once you restore then your texts will only be as current as when the back up was created. Here is ➔ How to restore your iPhone from an iCloud back up.


The other option is to restore your iPhone from a backup that you may have created on your computer. Once again, if you restore your iPhone from a computer back up then your texts will only be as current as the day and time the backup was created. 

If you have a backup created on your computer and If you choose to restore your iPhone from your iPhone from it then here is how to do it ➔ Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


Axel F.

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