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Can you delete SMS text messages on an iPhone 12

Can you recover an SMS text messages that have no picture contact if they were deleted a few days ago on an iPhone 12 I want to recover this text message.

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Posted on Aug 19, 2021 8:14 AM

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Posted on Aug 19, 2021 8:33 AM

You can recover deleted texts only if:

  • You don’t sync messages to iCloud (Go to Settings/[your name]/icloud-Messages and it must have been OFF when the message was deleted)
  • You have a backup made before the text was deleted


You can restore the backup to recover the message, however, this will overwrite everything on your phone with the contents of the backup, not just the missing message.



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Aug 19, 2021 8:33 AM in response to Guntotingal

You can recover deleted texts only if:

  • You don’t sync messages to iCloud (Go to Settings/[your name]/icloud-Messages and it must have been OFF when the message was deleted)
  • You have a backup made before the text was deleted


You can restore the backup to recover the message, however, this will overwrite everything on your phone with the contents of the backup, not just the missing message.



Can you delete SMS text messages on an iPhone 12

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