You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

💡 Did you know?

⏺ If you can't accept iCloud Terms and Conditions... Learn more >

⏺ If you don't see your iCloud notes in the Notes app... Learn more >

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

recovering conversation on imessage prior to update

i accidentally deleted a conversation on my imessages and want to recover the conversation on my iphone . i deleted it prior to having the ios 16 update. how can i go

about recovering the conversation on my iphone ?

Posted on Nov 7, 2022 1:05 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Nov 7, 2022 1:38 PM

You cannot. Once deleted, messages are erased permanently.


If you have a device backup that contains the messages, and you do not use messages in iCloud, you may be able to recover by factory resetting your device and restoring using the backup that contains the messages. You'll lose anything new since the last backup but you might get your messages back.

1 reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Nov 7, 2022 1:38 PM in response to brixanna

You cannot. Once deleted, messages are erased permanently.


If you have a device backup that contains the messages, and you do not use messages in iCloud, you may be able to recover by factory resetting your device and restoring using the backup that contains the messages. You'll lose anything new since the last backup but you might get your messages back.

recovering conversation on imessage prior to update

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.