Why are my text messages disappearing? When I go to re-read or send a text to some people, there are no previous texts under their name. Just a blank screen. Also a few texts now have a date of 2000, but I didn’t even have a phone then. What is going on and how can I fix it?
PS this is happening on my phone and iPad but this web page wont let me select my phone.
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Original Title: Text messages have vanished.
iPad, iPadOS 26
Hi,
Text messages disappearing on iPhone and iPad is typically caused by automatic deletion settings, iCloud sync issues, or software glitches.
queenxrara wrote:
Apple really needs a direct P2P restore feature like Telegram so we don't lose our messages when things break. It's crazy that doesn't exist yet.
Apple has iCloud Syncing for Messages. It means I could lose or break my devices but once I log in with a new one, all of my messages are there.
Set up iCloud for Messages on all your devices - Apple Support
You should let Apple know if there's something you'd like to see:
You might find those missing messages under unknown senders.
Thanks for the suggestions. OK I have tried all those and am still not showing messages from some people. It could be that those few were 30 days old so I’ll see if that changes. But here is what is even weirder - for some of those people, their contact info no longer shows the message icon even though I have messaged them! Any thoughts on that?
wildhorses53 wrote:
under contacts is does not have message there anymore so i can send message after last up date this happend
That really isn't very clear. If English isn't your native language, post it whatever is. That might help.
wilmafromwinnipeg wrote:
I think wildhorses53 is a bot
While that's one possible explanation, I suspect they are someone whose native language is not English and who isn't used to the way the forum works. Bots are not a huge problem here (at the moment).
Same thing is happening to me. Random messages disappear. Spent 2 hours with apple tech support and everything they told me to do didn’t solve the problem. Never heard from them again. Not sure what to do. I lose important information. I have to write info down with a pen and paper because texting is now unreliable.
Missing messages from last month
Yes
Apple really needs a direct P2P restore feature like Telegram so we don't lose our messages when things break. It's crazy that doesn't exist yet.
under contacts is does not have message there anymore so i can send message after last up date this happend
that was no kind of answer
so you broke phone in the last update
this was a waste oftime
wildhorses53 wrote:
so you broke phone in the last update
No one here in this user-to-user forum broke anything.
Text messages disappearing on iPhone and iPad
