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How can I recover accidentally deleted text message thread without resetting my phone?

How can I recover an accidentally deleted text message thread without resetting my phone?

Posted on Feb 23, 2022 6:21 AM

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Owen_1001

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Posted on Feb 23, 2022 6:58 AM

If you have another device signed into iCloud, you can see if the messages are still there or if they got deleted on all devices. Otherwise, there isn't a way to recover deleted messages without resetting/restoring an iCloud backup.

If you had an iCloud backup when your messages were there, you can restore the backup: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support. Otherwise, unfortunately, you cannot recover them.

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