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Retrieving iMessages

I am needing to retrieve some deleted iMessages from my phone for a court case coming up. The messages were deleted off my phone acouple months ago. I back the phone up every night to iCloud and I don’t believe iCloud stores multiple backups from previous dates.

My question is how can I retrieve the deleted iMessages from acouple months ago?

Posted on Mar 15, 2021 5:59 AM

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Posted on Mar 15, 2021 8:52 AM

Apple’s iMessage service, just like cellular carrier’s SMS/MMS systems, purges messages once successfully delivered. Or, if undeliverable, they stay in the queue for a short period but after that, are again purged.


People literally send billions of texts every single day. Nobody stores all that traffic.

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Mar 15, 2021 8:52 AM in response to Yo-Ho

Apple’s iMessage service, just like cellular carrier’s SMS/MMS systems, purges messages once successfully delivered. Or, if undeliverable, they stay in the queue for a short period but after that, are again purged.


People literally send billions of texts every single day. Nobody stores all that traffic.

Retrieving iMessages

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