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How do I retrieve deleted text messages

How do I retrieve text messages from Tammy Sarmiento deleted approximately 20 minutes ago

iPhone 8

Posted on Nov 29, 2020 5:02 PM

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Chris0107

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Posted on Nov 29, 2020 5:08 PM

go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud and check the switch position for Messages

If the switch is ON, then you cannot recover your deleted messages.

If the switch is OFF, then you might be able to recover your messages IF you have an iPhone backup that contains the messages you are trying to recover. In which case you'd need to restore your iPhone to that backup. In doing so, you'd likely lose some data between now and whenever your backup occurred.

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