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Can deleted imessages be recovered from old iCloud backup?

I have two iPhones that are both signed into the same iCloud, iMessage etc. I deleted some iMessage conversations from one phone, but later saw they had also been deleted from the second phone. If I restore an iCloud backup from before I deleted the messages, will the deleted messages be back? I didn't want them to be deleted from my second phone. Is there any other way I can recover them if this doesn't work?

Posted on Mar 14, 2022 3:43 PM

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Posted on Mar 14, 2022 4:22 PM

zahrahman wrote:

I have two iPhones that are both signed into the same iCloud, iMessage etc. I deleted some iMessage conversations from one phone, but later saw they had also been deleted from the second phone. If I restore an iCloud backup from before I deleted the messages, will the deleted messages be back? I didn't want them to be deleted from my second phone. Is there any other way I can recover them if this doesn't work?

Base of your description you had this set up Use Messages in iCloud - Apple Support which is not part of the icloud backup, thus can't be restored.

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Mar 14, 2022 4:22 PM in response to zahrahman

zahrahman wrote:

I have two iPhones that are both signed into the same iCloud, iMessage etc. I deleted some iMessage conversations from one phone, but later saw they had also been deleted from the second phone. If I restore an iCloud backup from before I deleted the messages, will the deleted messages be back? I didn't want them to be deleted from my second phone. Is there any other way I can recover them if this doesn't work?

Base of your description you had this set up Use Messages in iCloud - Apple Support which is not part of the icloud backup, thus can't be restored.

Can deleted imessages be recovered from old iCloud backup?

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