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I just updated my iPhone 8plus to iOS 16.0.3 so I can recover deleted text messages and when I go to the edit tab I don’t see the Show Recently Deleted option. I only have three options and that’s not one of them. Please advise. Thank you

I just updated my iPhone 8plus to iOS 16.0.3 so I can recover deleted text messages and when I go to the edit tab I don’t see the Show Recently Deleted option. I only have three options and that’s not one of them. Please advise. Thank you


Posted on Oct 23, 2022 12:46 PM

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Posted on Oct 23, 2022 12:57 PM

I had the same problem. You won't get the Recently Deleted option until you have sent some messages after having installed iOS 16.0.3. Once I had sent some messages, the option appeared. Dogcow-Moof has added another important issue. The messages must have been deleted while using iOS 16.0.3.

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I just updated my iPhone 8plus to iOS 16.0.3 so I can recover deleted text messages and when I go to the edit tab I don’t see the Show Recently Deleted option. I only have three options and that’s not one of them. Please advise. Thank you

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