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How to retrieve imessages accidentally deleted for one contact person.

How to retrieve imessages accidentally deleted for one contact person

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Mar 14, 2021 3:49 PM

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lk206d wrote:

How to retrieve imessages accidentally deleted for one contact person

If you sync messages to iCloud (Settings/[Your Name]/iCloud - Messages; ON) there is no way to recover the thread. If you do not sync to iCloud you can restore a backup that contains the thread, but this will overwrite everything on the phone, not just the deleted thread.

Posted on Mar 14, 2021 6:17 PM

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Mar 14, 2021 6:17 PM in response to lk206d

lk206d wrote:

How to retrieve imessages accidentally deleted for one contact person

If you sync messages to iCloud (Settings/[Your Name]/iCloud - Messages; ON) there is no way to recover the thread. If you do not sync to iCloud you can restore a backup that contains the thread, but this will overwrite everything on the phone, not just the deleted thread.

How to retrieve imessages accidentally deleted for one contact person.

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