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How to recover deleted text messages?

I am trying to recover some deleted text messages. Is that possible if I did not backup my to my iCloud?

iPhone 11, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 14, 2022 2:41 PM

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Posted on Sep 14, 2022 3:10 PM

Generally, no. Once deleted messages are permanently erased.


If you have a device backup that contains the messages, and you do not use messages in iCloud, you can factory reset and erase your device and then restore it using your backup.

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How to recover deleted text messages?

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