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1nicky Author

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How to recover deleted messages

how do you recover deleted messages on your iPhone

iPhone XS Max, iOS 13

Posted on Oct 19, 2020 6:55 PM

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ChrisJ4203

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Posted on Oct 19, 2020 6:57 PM

The only way you can recover a deleted text message is to restore the iPhone to a backup that was made when the message was on the iPhone. If you are using iCloud messages, you cannot recover a deleted message, it is gone. If you do not have a backup made when the message was on the iPhone, then there is no way to recover.

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