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How to restore messages from iCloud backup

How to restore messages from iCloud

Posted on Oct 22, 2020 7:15 PM

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Posted on Oct 22, 2020 7:21 PM

Do you have Messages turned ON for iCloud? If YES then those messages are not backed up on iCloud however they can be retrieved (if they exist and you have not deleted them) just by logging your device to that iCloud account. If you do not have iCloud for Messages turned ON and you have a backup on iCloud (or a computer) then you can restore your iPhone from that backup file. Once you restore it then your Messages will be retrieved. Note that your iPhone will then be only as current as the day and time of that particular backup file.

Click here ➔ How to restore your iPhone from an iCloud or a Computer back up file.

Axel F.

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Oct 22, 2020 7:21 PM in response to svsk0007

Do you have Messages turned ON for iCloud? If YES then those messages are not backed up on iCloud however they can be retrieved (if they exist and you have not deleted them) just by logging your device to that iCloud account. If you do not have iCloud for Messages turned ON and you have a backup on iCloud (or a computer) then you can restore your iPhone from that backup file. Once you restore it then your Messages will be retrieved. Note that your iPhone will then be only as current as the day and time of that particular backup file.

Click here ➔ How to restore your iPhone from an iCloud or a Computer back up file.

Axel F.

How to restore messages from iCloud backup

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