I’m trying to recover deleted message from24 hrs ago. Not working?

Do you have iOS 16 installed on your iPhone?

Retrieve a deleted message or conversation

1. In Messages, tap Edit.
2. Tap Show Recently Deleted .
3. Choose the conversations with the messages you want to restore, then tap Recover.
4. Tap Recover Message or Recover [Number] Messages.

You need iOS 16, iPadOS 16.1, or later to recover deleted messages and conversations. You can only recover messages and conversations that you deleted within the last 30 to 40 days.

I have IOS 16 and recently deleted does not come up. Any suggestions?

If the message is in your backup, and you have not activated iCloud Messages, you can recover it by restoring your iPhone from your backup. You will lose any data added since the date/time of that backup.

That feature requires iOS 16. Any messages deleted prior to upgrading to iOS 16 are unrecoverable.

Were they deleted prior to installing iOS 16.1 or after?