I accidentally deleted my text messages, yesterday, they erased on all my devices, how do I recover them? I have reset one of my devices, that did not work, what do I do? I really need them back.
I had the Focus switch on, and I think that is why they deleted across all my devices
iPhone 11
Having focus turned on has nothing to do with it.
If your text messages are present on all your devices, then you are syncing them with iCloud.
If you delete a text on one device, it deletes from all your devices.
There is not a way to recover them in this case.
Having focus turned on has nothing to do with it.
If your text messages are present on all your devices, then you are syncing them with iCloud.
If you delete a text on one device, it deletes from all your devices.
There is not a way to recover them in this case.
Yes I too accidentally erased a text thread and went through the reset and supposed ICloud backup system but no texts reappeared, despite the fact I requested the back up from the previous day when the texts were present.
Thanks Apple.
What use is there storing information in iCloud, if we can’t get it back?
What a rubbish storage facility!
You completely misunderstand what iCloud is for. It is not a 'storage facility'
Messages in iCloud is meant for syncing messages among Apple devices. It is not for backing up your messages.
So if you have an iPad and an iPhone and a Mac.. you get to see them all synced up when you use iCloud.
Because these messages are stored in iCloud, they are not contained in an iPhone backup.. probably because that would just double the amount of storage that they take.
If you only have 1 Apple device, I don't think there is much point in using Messages in iCloud. And if you turn off Messages in iCloud, then your messages will be included in your backup.
Then why can I not retrieve my deleted messages from “the cloud” ? I just don’t understand. I have the settings on my phone to “keep forever”, and my phone backs up. Seems like the messages would be available.
If you had iCloud Messages turned on, and from your description you did, then they are no longer included in your backup.
If iCloud Messages is NOT turned on they are in your backup then you can restore your iPhone from your backup and they will be recovered. Also if they are in your backup you can use 3rd party software such as Backup Extractor, iMazing, etc. to remove the messages from the backup file, assuming the messages are in your latest backup.
It sounds like on your husband's phone iCloud Messages was not turned on and they were in his backup file.
Keep forever refers to how long messages will be retained that you did not delete and then confirm you wanted to delete them.
I agree, I used a third party to retrieve erased messages on my husbands phone, and got almost all of them all back. Some photos did not return, but the messages did
I have plenty spam messages. How can I get rid of them. Do I have to have mcafee?
I accidentally deleted my text messages, they erased on all my devices, how do I recover them? I have reset my device, that did not work
