Can I retrieve a deleted text thread on my iPhone 13 ? They are not backed up in my icloud and i can not seem to get a back up in itunes?? THANKS
iPhone 13 mini, iOS 15
Unfortunately not. Apple makes a note of this in the paragraph Delete a Message or Conversation in the support document Use Messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
When you delete a message or conversation, you can't get it back. So make sure that you save important information from your messages [attachments].
You are correct that they are not backed up in iCloud. Messages are more peripheral than email. iCloud acts as a central point of contact for messages and does not store them so when you delete them from your device they are gone permanently.
Unfortunately not. Apple makes a note of this in the paragraph Delete a Message or Conversation in the support document Use Messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
When you delete a message or conversation, you can't get it back. So make sure that you save important information from your messages [attachments].
You are correct that they are not backed up in iCloud. Messages are more peripheral than email. iCloud acts as a central point of contact for messages and does not store them so when you delete them from your device they are gone permanently.
..Thank you so much. I was afraid of this. In desperation, I even bought software from imobie.com which claims to retrieve them, but instead it completely corrupted my hard drive and took over 98 GB of space on my macbook. I had to go to an apple store for help to get it fully removed from my computer! Again, thanks.
I should have added its the same with SMS which passes through a service provider who bills your for the privilege. It's kept only until the receiving phone gets it (after sleeping or being off) and even then the carrier has no way of retrieving it.
For all our advanced technology, a lot of our transactions are like a summer's breeze and impermanent. I was watching a drama only last night (the British show Lovejoy) about some two-hundred year old letters which were valuable for sentiment as much as historical. What will they make of our personal correspondence - or lack of it - in two centuries?
Can I retrieve a deleted text thread on my iPhone 13 ? They are not backed up in my icloud .and i can not seem to get a back up in itunes??
