retrieving deleted text messages

On your iPhone go to Settings > Your Name, iCloud, Media & Purchases > tap iCloud > If messages are turned on and you deleted a message, it's gone. If iCloud is not turned on and you have a backup you made prior to when you deleted any messages, you can restore your iPhone from that backup, but your phone will be restored to the date the backup was made, meaning any messages sent or received after the date of the backup will be gone.

Charlieandfinn Said:

"retrieving deleted text messages: can i retrieve deleted text messages from my iphone"

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Recovering Deleted Messages:

What to Consider:

A. Restore from Today's Backup:

Restore your iPhone from a backup of it that contains these messages, and you could recover them.

B. Check Messages App:

If messages was enabled on your iPhone along with your Apple computer, then check and see if the Messages app is enabled on your Mac to see if it exists in it. You'd start up your Mac, not connecting to the Internet, and open the Massages app. Then proceed from there with retrieving it. Important: Be certain you do not connect to the Internet while booting up, as syncing would delete it. So, power off your router to avoid the connection.

Elsewise, if they're gone, they're gone. That's just the way it is :(