How to recover a deleted voicemail

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.

lorrain208 wrote:

I'm having the same issue and the VM was from the hospital

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.

After 17.2.1 update if the VM is still in the deleted voicemail folder then go to deleted voicemail folder .

1) click on the message that you want to recover

2) look for a red trash can with a slash through it (bottom right hand corner)

3) click it (don’t freak out the message will disappear and go back to your regular voicemail folder)

hope this info helps

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.

Gigimimi wrote:

How do I retrieve a voicemail that I deleted

Hello and welcome to the thread.

Here is the sequence to recover once-deleted voice mail messages that are still present at the carrier voice mail server:

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 voice mail messages are not included with the Deleted Messages whether having been deleted a second time from within Deleted Messages, or whether having expired and been deleted automatically from the carrier servers, then contact the carrier and ask if they have access to recover those twice-deleted voice mail messages.

KingGy63 wrote:

I deleted a voicemail that I accidentally deleted and I’m trying to recover. What do I need to do?

From MrHoffman's post immediately before yours:

Hello and welcome to the thread.

Here is the sequence to recover once-deleted voice mail messages that are still present at the carrier voice mail server:

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 voice mail messages are not included with the Deleted Messages whether having been deleted a second time from within Deleted Messages, or whether having expired and been deleted automatically from the carrier servers, then contact the carrier and ask if they have access to recover those twice-deleted voice mail messages.

Reading previous posts in the thread before posting will often get you the answer and with less effort.

If there is no Deleted folder in Voicemail, it means that you have no recently deleted items that are recoverable. Unless your carrier can offer you some other option, the message is gone.

Bummer about deleting that message! If you've got a backup, you might be in luck. Just restore your phone from the backup where the message still existed. If your phone’s backup is automatic, like on iCloud for iPhones or Google Drive for Androids, you can check there. Remember though, restoring from a backup might replace any data you've added to your phone since that backup was made. Always a bit of a trade-off!

Shiro208 wrote:

Bummer about deleting that message! If you've got a backup, you might be in luck. Just restore your phone from the backup where the message still existed. If your phone’s backup is automatic, like on iCloud for iPhones or Google Drive for Androids, you can check there.

How is backing up an Android phone relevant here?

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!

Nash2020 wrote:

After the latest update I lost all my voicemails even though I carefully deleted some, leaving my deceased brothers voicemail to listen to as a precious memory. I am so angry that this happened!! I am contemplating never owning an iPhone again and I‘ve always had them! This broke my heart! 💔

iPhone provides a way to download voicemail to local storage, where you can back it up elsewhere.

I have some voicemail like that. Which I have downloaded and saved elsewhere.

Most folks here have lost data due to no backups. I certainly have. Which is why I have copies of the most important.

For this particular case, check with your carrier too, and see if they still have the voicemail in their system.

Kathlyn77 wrote:

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!

Thanks for the advice, it works for me!

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Lasseneagle wrote:

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

This is a very different predicament (you didn’t delete the messages, and everything has disappeared) and given there are no voicemail messages and no deleted voicemail messages, there is nothing to recover.

Check with your carrier.

The carrier may well have “misplaced” the association of your line with your voicemail, for instance.

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?