I deleted text messages in error. Can I retrieve tgem?

I accidentally deleted some text messages. How can I retrieve???

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Jul 27, 2020 7:21 PM

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Posted on Jul 30, 2020 1:41 PM

Hi there gale137,


It's important to have the messages you need, and we'd be happy to look into some options that you may have for retrieving them. The first method you'll want to check for is a historical backup of your device. If you have a historical backup you can restore it to get content that has since been deleted. Steps can be seen here: Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch


Please keep in mind that if you keep all of your messages in iCloud you will not be able to retrieve these messages once they've been deleted. You can check to see if this feature is turned on here: Keep all your messages in iCloud


Let us know if you have any other questions!

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Jul 30, 2020 1:41 PM in response to gale137

Hi there gale137,


It's important to have the messages you need, and we'd be happy to look into some options that you may have for retrieving them. The first method you'll want to check for is a historical backup of your device. If you have a historical backup you can restore it to get content that has since been deleted. Steps can be seen here: Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch


Please keep in mind that if you keep all of your messages in iCloud you will not be able to retrieve these messages once they've been deleted. You can check to see if this feature is turned on here: Keep all your messages in iCloud


Let us know if you have any other questions!

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