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I accidentally deleted my text messages to my wife. We use them for work. How do I recover them?

How do I retrieve my accidentally deleted texts to my wife

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Feb 8, 2022 5:42 PM

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Chris0107

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Posted on Feb 8, 2022 5:48 PM

go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud and check the switch position for Messages

If the switch is ON, then you cannot recover your deleted messages and your messages are not contained in an iPhone backup (no need to read any further)

If the switch is OFF, then you might be able to recover your messages IF you have an iPhone backup that contains the messages you are trying to recover. In which case you'd need to restore your iPhone to that backup. In doing so, you'd likely lose some data between now and whenever your backup occurred.

Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

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