How To Recover Deleted Texts From An iPhone?

Check the Messages app’s Recently Deleted folder

Open Messages

Tap Edit or Filters

Tap Show Recently Deleted

Select the deleted texts

Tap Recover

Restore from an iCloud backup

Go to Settings

Tap your name

Tap iCloud

Tap iCloud Backup

Check for an available backup date

Erase the iPhone

Set up the iPhone again

Choose Restore from iCloud Backup

Restore from a computer backup

Connect the iPhone to a Mac or PC

Open Finder on Mac or iTunes on Windows or older macOS

Select the iPhone

Choose Restore Backup

Pick a backup made before the texts were deleted

Check other Apple devices

Open Messages on iPad, Mac, or another iPhone signed into the same Apple ID

Look for the deleted texts there

Contact your carrier

Ask whether message records are available

Request any accessible SMS logs

Use a third-party recovery tool

Install a reputable iPhone data recovery app

Scan the device or backup

Recover available messages

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