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How do I recover deleted text messages

Posted on Mar 21, 2023 7:16 AM

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Posted on Mar 21, 2023 7:18 AM

If you have deleted one or more messages, you can restore them in Recently Deleted.

(This feature only works on iOS 16 and later)

1. Open the Messages app and tap Edit in the top right corner, select: Show Recently Deleted

2. Mark the messages you want to recover and tap: Recover.

Note that, after 30-40 days the messages are automatically deleted. Once the messages are deleted, they can no longer be recovered.

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