restore messages
how do i restore deleted messages without doing a total restore
iPhone SE
how do i restore deleted messages without doing a total restore
iPhone SE
If you use messages in iCloud (Use Messages in iCloud - Apple Support), deletions are permanent and unrecoverable. If you don’t use messages in iCloud, a full restore of your iCloud backup may restore the messages, but only if that available iCloud backup has not been over-written with a more recent one which would reflect the deletions, and thus no longer have those messages in it (iCloud backups are incremental, not archival).
If you use messages in iCloud (Use Messages in iCloud - Apple Support), deletions are permanent and unrecoverable. If you don’t use messages in iCloud, a full restore of your iCloud backup may restore the messages, but only if that available iCloud backup has not been over-written with a more recent one which would reflect the deletions, and thus no longer have those messages in it (iCloud backups are incremental, not archival).
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"restore messages: how do i restore deleted messages without doing a total restore":
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Check the Messages app on your Mac.
restore messages