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Recovering old text messages

Is there anyway I can figure out how to recover old text messages that I had to leave my phone I have my iCloud set up to where it should save my text messages but I have deleted some text messages in my phone and really need to recover them for an upcoming court case

iPhone 11, iOS 13

Posted on Sep 2, 2020 3:43 PM

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Posted on Sep 2, 2020 5:35 PM

If you are using messages in iCloud (Keep all your messages in iCloud - Apple Support) they are gone as deletions are permanent. Messages in iCloud is not a backup. Like almost all iCloud file services, it exists to sync messages across devices using the same iCloud account.

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Sep 2, 2020 5:35 PM in response to Wilder98

If you are using messages in iCloud (Keep all your messages in iCloud - Apple Support) they are gone as deletions are permanent. Messages in iCloud is not a backup. Like almost all iCloud file services, it exists to sync messages across devices using the same iCloud account.

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