can texts be recovered from 1 year ago

To learn how to retrieve a deleted message or conversation if you were using iOS 16 or iPadOS 16.1 or later, read this support article --> Recover deleted text messages on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

How to retrieve a deleted message or conversation

1. In Messages, tap Edit on the conversations page. If you previously turned Message Filtering on, the Edit button doesn't appear. Instead, tap Filters on the conversations page.

2. Tap Show Recently Deleted [trash icon].

3. Choose the conversations with the messages you want to restore, then tap Recover. On the Recently Deleted page in Messages, tap the conversation that includes messages you want to 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 you were using a mobile device OS version prior to 16, were using iCloud with Messages and deleted them, they are gone permanently. If you were not using iCloud with messages you may be able to restore them from a backup but only if you are prepared to revert the entire contents of your device back to the time when the backup was made. See this Apple Recommended 2021 post by ASC contributor Chris0107: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252570738?answerId=254843299022#254843299022

tomfrombelgrade wrote:

How to recover old text messages from 10 months ago

From another party in the conversation, if at all. Otherwise, those messages are unrecoverable, absent both ten month old local backups and no use of iCloud Messages.

tomfrombelgrade Said:

"can texts be recovered from 1 year ago: How to recover old text messages from 10 months ago"

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Perhaps.

Recovering Old Messages:

Check Messages App --Perhaps by Recovering a Mac:

If messages was enabled on your iPhone along with your Apple computer, then check and see if the Messages app is enabled on your Mac to see if it exists in it. You'd start up your Mac, not connecting to the Internet, and open the Massages app. Then proceed from there with retrieving it. If you have a backup of that Mac that contains these eMails, then create a backup* today, and restore** your Mac from the backup containing these. Important: Be certain you do not connect to the Internet while booting up, as syncing would delete it. So, power off your router to avoid the connection.

*Back Up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support

**Restore your Mac from a Backup - Apple Support

You can’t. First, you need iOS 16, and iOS 16 had not been released a year ago. Also, deleted messages are only saved for 30 days.