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If I change my message history from forever to one year on my iPad will it also delete messages on my iPhone?

If I change my message history from forever to one year on my iPad will it also delete messages on my iPhone?

Posted on Dec 16, 2021 9:04 AM

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Posted on Dec 16, 2021 9:07 AM

If you are synchronising your Messages between devices via iCloud, deletions from one device will delete the messages everywhere.

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Dec 16, 2021 9:07 AM in response to ulrica230

If you are synchronising your Messages between devices via iCloud, deletions from one device will delete the messages everywhere.

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Dec 16, 2021 9:06 AM in response to ulrica230

If you use messages in iCloud I believe it will as messages will be deleted from your iPad and be reflected across all devices.

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If I change my message history from forever to one year on my iPad will it also delete messages on my iPhone?

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