Recover a message I accidentally deleted
I accidentally deleted a message conversation from my MacBook Pro and am trying to recover it. I went to View while in Messages and there isn't a Recently Deleted to tap on.
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Hi rosanne120,
We understand you're trying to recover a message. We want to help you if possible.
You haven't said which version of macOS you're using.
Recovering from recently deleted is for macOS Ventura and newer, as outlined in the article you came from:
In macOS Ventura or later, you can recover recently deleted messages for up to 30 days after deletion:
1. From the menu bar, choose View > Recently Deleted.
2. Select a conversation in the sidebar.
3. Click Recover. All of the recoverable messages in that conversation are undeleted.
Let us know if that helps. If you're on another version of macOS you may need to recover from a different device the message could have been delivered to.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.