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How to recover deleted messages and attachments in messages

Can someone help me get my messages and attachments in the messages when I deleted it by accident

iPhone 8, iOS 14

Posted on Mar 11, 2021 6:15 PM

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Posted on Mar 11, 2021 6:39 PM

If you were syncing Messages with iCloud and deleted them, they can't be recovered. If you weren't syncing Messages with iCloud, do you have a backup you can restore from? Restoring from a backup erases all data currently on your device. Any data newer than when the backup was made will be erased. A restore is an all or nothing restore. You can't access a backup and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.    

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Mar 11, 2021 6:39 PM in response to Alangalvez

If you were syncing Messages with iCloud and deleted them, they can't be recovered. If you weren't syncing Messages with iCloud, do you have a backup you can restore from? Restoring from a backup erases all data currently on your device. Any data newer than when the backup was made will be erased. A restore is an all or nothing restore. You can't access a backup and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.    

How to recover deleted messages and attachments in messages

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