How do I recover missing voicemails on my iPhone after iOS 26 update

Hi everyone! Along with most of us, I upgraded to iOS 26 this past week. Before I did, I had some voicemails in my mailbox from my grandma who passed away (just as a fun memory). I opened up my voicemail today and realized they're gone after the update! And they're not in the recently deleted folder either. Any ideas on how I might be able to recover those? Or if they're just lost?

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Original Title: Missing Voicemail in iOS 26

iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 24, 2025 10:35 AM

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vdogg78

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40 points

Posted on Dec 5, 2025 1:52 PM

The following worked for me. I’m not sure if both steps were needed. I had no voicemails showing and I use AT&T.

I turned on Airplane Mode for 10 secs, then turned it off. Waiting for cellular to reconnect.

I went to Phone app, Recents tab, clicked top-right “triangle lines” menu. Switched from Classic to Unified view, then back to Classic (which I prefer, either way try going back and forth from your current setting). Then all my voicemails reappeared.

In my case, when the vmails were missing, I didn’t even have a Deleted Messages folder, if that’s any indication.

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TWPoop

Level 1

8 points

Feb 5, 2026 4:52 PM in response to nomadicnate

I accidentally deleted an unread voicemail. I discovered that I don't have a deleted voicemail folder. The only options are call, contacts, keypad and search.

JHmnd

Level 1

20 points

Dec 2, 2025 2:01 PM in response to nomadicnate

I too upgraded and the voicemails from my late spouse disappeared. It was escalated to a senior technician but they were not hopeful. Never had voicemails disappear before so I never thought I needed to save them as an audio file—I was used to Apple’s excellent services so never thought I needed to second guess Apple or do their job. Perhaps I should print all emails just in case an update impacts emails. Not pleased and I see similar messages from other iPhone users. Losing the last and maybe only audio recordings of a late spouse is enough to permanently switch back to Android. At least with Android, I knew I needed to do everything myself.

How do I recover missing voicemails on my iPhone after iOS 26 update