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By accident I deleted the green icon for messages how do I get it back on my screen?

I deleted the green message icon from the front page how do I get it back?

iPad, iPadOS 14

Posted on Jan 30, 2021 10:45 AM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2021 10:48 AM

Have you searched for the icon? Swiped the Home Screen to the right to see if it shows there?


Search on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


Try a forced restart.


Reset Device.      


If necessary


Hard reset.        


Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.


Restore to Factory setting.      


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.      

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Jan 30, 2021 10:48 AM in response to ladyluck2211

Have you searched for the icon? Swiped the Home Screen to the right to see if it shows there?


Search on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


Try a forced restart.


Reset Device.      


If necessary


Hard reset.        


Do a backup and try a factory reset. Then restore from your backup.


Restore to Factory setting.      


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.      

By accident I deleted the green icon for messages how do I get it back on my screen?

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