How can you retrieve accidentally deleted messages?

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How can you retrieve accidentally deleted messages?

I need to retrieve messages from my phone for a pending legal matter; I was in such a fluster that I accidentally deleted them. How do I recover them?

iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 14

Posted on May 16, 2021 2:49 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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May 16, 2021 2:51 PM in response to DelilahDee

Go to Settings/[your name]/icloud. Is the switch for messages ON? If it is there is no way to recover deleted messages.

If it is OFF and you have a backup that was made before the messages were deleted you can restore that backup. Doing so will overwrite everything on your phone, not just those specific messages.

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sberman

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May 16, 2021 2:51 PM in response to DelilahDee

Assuming you don’t house your messages in iCloud, they are saved on your iPhone backup. Restore that backup to retrieve the messages that were present when the backup was created.

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

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