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How to recover recently deleted messages

How do I see my recently deleted text messages on iPhone X?

iPhone X, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 19, 2021 5:05 AM

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Branta_uk

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Posted on Oct 19, 2021 5:14 AM

Deletion is permanent in iMessage. Your only hope would be to try restoring an older backup, but that will roll back the entire phone to the date of the backup and you would lose any more recent content. Catch-22 :(

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