how to recover text messages from icloud

Hello catinna,

Are the messages you're trying to recover ones that you deleted on the device? If so, and the device was using iOS 16 or iPadOS 16.1 or newer then you may find information on how to recover them here: Delete and recover messages on your iPhone or iPad

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.

If Messages in iCloud wasn't enabled (Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Messages, and the needed texts are in an iCloud backup then you may explore restoring that backup onto the device. This page can help with that: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup

Cheers.