How to I recover deleted messages

If you have deleted one or more messages, you can restore them in Recently Deleted.

(This feature is only available in iOS 16 or later)

1. Open the Messages app and tap Edit in the top right corner, select: Show Recently Deleted

2. Mark the messages you want to recover and tap: Recover.

Note that, after 30-40 days the messages are automatically deleted. Once the messages are deleted, they can no longer be recovered.

You can find more information here:

Recover deleted text messages on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

By following the steps provided in the support article that led you here, if your iPhone is running iOS 16 or later AND if those messages were deleted while using that iOS version (not an earlier one)

Regards

Giulio