How do I retrieve my text when interrupted by a phone call or another text I can’t find my text again

After starting a long text I was interrupted by another text which I retrieved. When I went back to try to finish my original text I can’t find it. Is it gone forever?

This is on my iPhone 11

Posted on Aug 21, 2022 5:10 PM

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Aug 21, 2022 6:08 PM in response to Maalina

If the Message app is paged out of RAM then anything that you have entered is lost. Whether or not that happens depends on how many other apps you have used recently.

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