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How I retrieve my deleted text messages f

How do I retrieve my deleted text messages from iPhone 7?


iPhone 7, iOS 14

Posted on Mar 5, 2021 2:29 PM

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Posted on Mar 5, 2021 2:31 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 (no need to read any further)


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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Mar 5, 2021 2:31 PM in response to TripMOM43

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 (no need to read any further)


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.

Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

Mar 5, 2021 2:32 PM in response to TripMOM43

Deleted text messages are deleted.


If you're using iCloud to synchronize messages, they're gone.


If you're not using iCloud to synchronize messages and you have backups, you might be able to recover the messages by restoring a backup created prior to the deletion, though that will revert the entire contents of the iPhone and all changes.

How I retrieve my deleted text messages f

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