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How recover deleted text messages

How to recover deleted text messages

Posted on Jun 3, 2019 4:54 AM

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Posted on Jun 3, 2019 5:44 AM

If you use messages in icloud, there is no recovery as deletions are permanent. If you don’t use messages in icloud, they would be in your icloud backup from the previous day. If its been more than a day since you deleted them and you use automatic icloud backups, then they will no longer be in your backup.


To restore them from a backup would require restoring the entire device from the backup.

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Jun 3, 2019 5:44 AM in response to Arragon1

If you use messages in icloud, there is no recovery as deletions are permanent. If you don’t use messages in icloud, they would be in your icloud backup from the previous day. If its been more than a day since you deleted them and you use automatic icloud backups, then they will no longer be in your backup.


To restore them from a backup would require restoring the entire device from the backup.

How recover deleted text messages

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