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can i recover deleted text messages if i don't have them backed up to icloud?

Posted on May 9, 2022 5:10 AM

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muguy

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Posted on May 9, 2022 5:17 AM

If you have a device backup that contains the messages, and you do not use messages in iCloud, you can erase your device and restore it using the backup. You may get your messages but you'll lose anything new since the backup was created.

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