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How do I recover deleted text messages

How to recover deleted text messages

Posted on Nov 28, 2021 3:10 PM

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Posted on Nov 28, 2021 3:15 PM

You don't. Deleted messages are erased.


If you have a backup that contains the messages, and you do NOT use messages in iCloud, you can erase your device and restore it to the backup (albeit at the expense of anything new since the backup was made).

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How do I recover deleted text messages

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