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How do I retrieve old text messages

How do I retrieve old text messages from my cell phones..

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 12:29 PM

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Posted on Feb 2, 2022 1:19 PM

If you have Messages turned on in iCloud then any deleted texts are gone for ever.

Otherwise you would need to restore a full archived backup that contained the messages. Not many people keep a series of archived copies of phone backups on their computers.

Obviously you would lose everything after the backup so you would need to restore the latest backup to get back to normal.

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Feb 2, 2022 1:19 PM in response to elsa1909

If you have Messages turned on in iCloud then any deleted texts are gone for ever.

Otherwise you would need to restore a full archived backup that contained the messages. Not many people keep a series of archived copies of phone backups on their computers.

Obviously you would lose everything after the backup so you would need to restore the latest backup to get back to normal.

How do I retrieve old text messages

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