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Recovering Recently Deleted Text Conversations on iPad

When I tap on Edit in Messages, I only see three options: Select Messages, Edit Pins, Edit Name and Photo. How do I get to Show Recently Deleted?

iPad Air 4 Wi-Fi

Posted on Sep 26, 2022 8:51 AM

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Sep 26, 2022 10:00 AM in response to amyhero

amyhero wrote:

When I tap on Edit in Messages, I only see three options: Select Messages, Edit Pins, Edit Name and Photo. How do I get to Show Recently Deleted?

YOu restore from your backup, if you have one and weren't syncing them to the cloud.


the recover message feature comes out with ios 16 which your ipad can't get yet.

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Recovering Recently Deleted Text Conversations on iPad

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