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.

📰 Apple introduces the 2025 Black Unity Collection

Inspired by the rhythm of humanity, a new Apple Watch Black Unity Sport Loop, watch face, and iPhone and iPad wallpapers honor Black History Month. Learn more >

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

How do I recover a message, that’s not deleted but rather “pushed off” the seeable texts. iPad holds about 20messages.how do I recover messages that are pushed

How do I recover a PUSHED message. Can’t see the last few messages, cause it only holds about 20 that are visible


iPad, iPadOS 16

Posted on Sep 4, 2023 4:34 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Sep 4, 2023 4:56 PM

Presumably you are using the native Messages App. You can simply scroll, with your finger, up or down the main conversation pane to see all messages in a conversation. Similarly, you can scroll through all conversations within the sidebar.


The iPad User Guide is a rich and frequently overlooked source of information about your iPad and its many features. Here is a direct link to the section of the Guide that describes setup and use of the Messages App:

Send and reply to messages on iPad - Apple Support

1 reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Sep 4, 2023 4:56 PM in response to Deeptissue12

Presumably you are using the native Messages App. You can simply scroll, with your finger, up or down the main conversation pane to see all messages in a conversation. Similarly, you can scroll through all conversations within the sidebar.


The iPad User Guide is a rich and frequently overlooked source of information about your iPad and its many features. Here is a direct link to the section of the Guide that describes setup and use of the Messages App:

Send and reply to messages on iPad - Apple Support

How do I recover a message, that’s not deleted but rather “pushed off” the seeable texts. iPad holds about 20messages.how do I recover messages that are pushed

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.