How to recover a deleted voicemail

Generally, there are three available methods to recover deleted voicemail on iPhone. From the message trash, iTunes or iCloud backup and the iPhone message database. Here is a quick tutorial to help you retrieve deleted voicemail on iPhone:

https://www.iphonetransferrecovery.com/blog/recover-a-deleted-voicemail-on-iphone/

P.S. Don't forget to backup your iPhone to avoid data loss in future!

After the 17.2.1 update deleted voicemail is no longer an option to choose. So frustrating as Ive deleted a vm in error and now no option to retrieve. Just prior to this last update I was able to do it. Do you know anything about that?

Usual: Phone app > tap Voicemail > scroll down to the bottom of the voicemail list, and tap Deleted Voicemail > tap the deleted voicemail you want to restore > tap the red trashcan-with-a-slash icon.

If the message is not in the deleted list, or was deleted again from the deleted list, the carrier might be able to restore it. Maybe.

• Go to phone app
• Press voicemail
• Scroll all the way down & you should see it say “deleted messages”
• Press “deleted messages”, all messages that were deleted within 30 DAYS will be able to be recovered.

What phone app?

Jcampbell254 Said:

"How to recover a deleted voicemail: Accidentally deleted a phone message before I had the opportunity to listen to the message. Hope to be able to restore message from backup."

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Troubleshooting Deleted Voicemail:

Contact your Carrier:

Restoring the iPhone from a backup, you not be successful. If they are deleted, then they are deleted. So, from here, go through your Carrier, seeing what service they have for recovering Voicemail.

diane2021 wrote:

I am trying to retrieve an accidentally deleted voicemail that I need too. No option for deleted voicemail on my iPhone 12

The sequence I described above (Phone app > tap Voicemail > scroll down to the bottom of the voicemail list, and tap Deleted Messages > tap the deleted voicemail you want to restore > tap the red trashcan-with-a-slash icon) works in iOS 17.3.1

I’ve checked and deleted voicemail is available for recovery in iOS 17.3.1. Lots of spam voicemail, too.

if you have no Deleted Messages shown at the bottom of your list of voicemail, you either have no deleted voicemail, or your carrier doesn’t implement that feature. Contact your carrier.

Awesome! thank you!! Not gonna lie, I liked the old undelete method better, looked right at that trash can and didn’t even notice the slash thru it!

I am in similar predicament. The update itself deleted ALL of my voicemails. There is no “deleted voicemails” icon to push.

Mrsob4 wrote:

After the 17.2.1 update deleted voicemail is no longer an option to choose. So frustrating as Ive deleted a vm in error and now no option to retrieve. Just prior to this last update I was able to do it. Do you know anything about that?

The sequence I described above (Phone app > tap Voicemail > scroll down to the bottom of the voicemail list, and tap Deleted Voicemail > tap the deleted voicemail you want to restore > tap the red trashcan-with-a-slash icon.) still works in iOS 17.2.1.

I’ve checked and the deleted voicemail is available for recovery in iOS 17.2.1.

Is it possible your carrier has either deleted the deleted voicemail messages, or is not supporting deleted voicemail recovery, or has somehow gotten their voicemail service tangled?

Check with your carrier, as a starting point.

Interestingly, about 48hrs after update, ALL of my voicemails are back as well as the “deleted” list & a new “blocked voicemails” tab. But for the first two days post update, my voicemail box was completely empty with no tabs/icons.

Lasseneagle wrote:

Interestingly, about 48hrs after update, ALL of my voicemails are back as well as the “deleted” list & a new “blocked voicemails” tab. But for the first two days post update, my voicemail box was completely empty with no tabs/icons.

Seems like a carrier data migration, or maybe some other carrier issue, and that got resolved.

ANGELARLEWIS wrote:

Recover a voicemail

The sequence described above (Phone app > tap Voicemail > scroll down to the bottom of the voicemail list, and tap Deleted Messages > tap the deleted voicemail you want to restore > tap the red-trashcan-with-a-slash icon) works in iOS 17.4.

I’ve checked and deleted voicemail is available for recovery in iOS 17.4. Lots of spam voicemail available locally, too.

if you have no Deleted Messages shown at the bottom of your list of voicemail, you either have no deleted voicemail, or your carrier doesn’t implement that feature. Contact your carrier.

Jimmyeats8 wrote:

How to restore an old voicemail

Update to iOS 17.4.1.

Phone app > tap Voicemail > scroll down to the bottom of the voicemail list, and tap Deleted Messages > tap the deleted voicemail you want to restore > tap the red-trashcan-with-a-slash icon

If the voicemail is listed there, it can be restored.

If the voicemail is not listed there, check with your carrier.

carmela89 wrote:

How do I retrieve a voicemail I deleted by accident

Update to iOS 17.4.1.

Phone app > tap Voicemail > scroll down to the bottom of the voicemail list, and tap Deleted Messages > tap the deleted voicemail you want to restore > tap the red-trashcan-with-a-slash icon

If the voicemail is listed there, it can be restored.

If the voicemail is not listed there, check with your carrier.