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Is there a way to view old text messages that have been deleted from my iphone

How do I recover my deleted text messages


iPhone XR, iOS 15

Posted on Jul 28, 2022 10:08 PM

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Jul 28, 2022 10:18 PM in response to Raven2381

Raven2381 Said:

"Is there a way to view old text messages that have been deleted from my iphone: How do I recover my deleted text messages"

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Recovering Deleted Text Messages:


A. Was iCloud Messages Set Up?:

  • If you have Messages enabled with iCloud, then check and see if they reside in there, using another device accosted to iCloud, that has not been associated to the internet yet. That way, nothing has synced. Go Here: Set up Messages on iPhone - Apple Support


B. Any Backup of your iPhone?:

If you backed up your iPhone, then restore them from a backup that contains this message, and is of the same iOS version.

Go Here: How to restore from iCloud Backup - Apple Support


C. Log into iCloud:

  • See if they reside in iCloud.
  • Go Here: https://www.icloud.com
  • If everything was syncing with iCloud, then Messages, and lots of other items would be obtainable from iCloud. So, go here to recover these: Recover Deleted Files on iCloud.com - Apple Support. But, just know if they are deleted from iCloud, then they are deleted and are gone. That's just the way it is :(

Jul 28, 2022 10:10 PM in response to Raven2381

Hey there,


if you didn't have Messages in iCloud enabled, and you have a backup from when the messages were on your device, you could restore that backup. Please note that the messages from the time that the backup was made until the present date would not be contained in the backup and would be missing from your device after the backup was restored. 

Is there a way to view old text messages that have been deleted from my iphone

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