You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
đź’ˇ Did you know?
⏺ If you can't accept iCloud Terms and Conditions... Learn more >
⏺ If you don't see your iCloud notes in the Notes app... Learn more >
⏺ If you can't accept iCloud Terms and Conditions... Learn more >
⏺ If you don't see your iCloud notes in the Notes app... Learn more >
How to retrieve text messages
iPhone 7, iOS 11.2.1
If you mean you want to retrieve a text message you deleted, then you will have to restore it from a backup that includes that message:
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
Be aware that restore is an all or nothing process. You cannot restore only messages (for example) and any information on your device between now and when the backup was made will be lost.
Do you mean how to restore Text messages that you have deleted? If so, you have to erase your device (Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content & Settings), and then restore it from an iCloud or iTunes backup that you made before you deleted the messages: Restore from an iCloud or iTunes backup - Apple Support
Be aware that with the restore, your device will look exactly like it did at the time of the backup. Anything that has changed since then will be overwritten.
Best of luck,
GB
The only way to restore text messages is to restore a backup containing those messages. They are not stored on a separate server and are not recoverable in any way other than the backup.
Retrieve text messages
