Text messages don't actually get deleted

I have accidentally deleted my messages for work and they were not backed up on iTunes. Is there a way to recover them?

Wizard can you try to help me? I have an iPhone 6 Plus with 64 memory , I recently deleted my text messages with a friend when he died on March 18 . I only ****** up my pictures to iCloud never did a complete backup I'm trying to get my messages back . Nine dollars for iOS Wondershare any didn't get anything . So are you saying in the text above that I could do a back up to a computer and probably find them or is that only if you originally did a backup of your phone ? I really want some of the pictures and text i erased. God bless and ty

Hey there trabazo,

It sounds like you have accidentally deleted some messages from the Messages app and wish to restore them. If you have a back up of your device in iCloud, you can try restoring from a previous backup with the following article:

iCloud: Restore your iOS device from iCloud

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph12521

Keep in mind that any new content on your device from after the date of the backup will be lost, so you may want to back up to either iCloud or iTunes first.

Choosing an iOS backup method (Should I use iTunes or iCloud to back up my iOS device?)

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5262

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

Regards,

Sterling

I’m using an iPhone 6s running iOS 9.3.5. I cannot find my deleted messages with the search feature. However, many tools like this to claim to recover deleted messages even if no iCloud or iTunes backup was created. I don’t know whether they would work as advised or not, but keeping my information private and protected has always been a top concern when I’m choosing my mobile phone. Is there any way to make the deleted data unrecoverable?

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Hi I'm desperately trying to recover a text message from a friend a year ago since he passed away.

I tried a few software and they can only back up the message for a month ago.

I called Apple and they said called my provider and my provider answered no text can be retrieved.

Is there any way to retrieve the text message a year ago? Thanks!

Nia

I did play with a few software but they only recover recent deleted messages....if I tried to find the data one year ago, is it possible?

How do you get to spotlight? Check deleted messages

SMS/MMS are not synced with an application on your computer or included with the iTunes sync process in any way except for being included with your iPhone's backup which is updated by iTunes as the first step during the iTunes sync process. The data included with the iPhone's backup is not stored in your iTunes library. This link provides the data on your iPhone that is included with your iPhone's backup.

If you have no backup, you still have a chance to recover your data like messages, photos or contacts from your iPhone without backup.

You need a program which can identify iOS system and scan your lost data.

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Los

I don’t have any iTunes and iCloud backup of the lost text messages so that I have to use a third app. There are so many apps that claims to recover deleted text messages and other files from iOS devices for me to choose from, however, most of them cannot get the found text messages back to the device except this one: http://retrievedeletedtextmessageiphone.aolor.com/

How can I recover deleted text masages

How can I get my messages back ??? They are imp

Did you ever get your msg back??

Hi can you tell me about this software that your gf used. It can be a life saver for me

I open spotlights search,but didnt find any tool to search it, can you please tell me how to do it?