Check your phone’s built-in backup and restore options
Restore from Google Drive backup on Android
Restore from iCloud backup on iPhone
Use your carrier’s message backup or cloud sync service if available
Recover from a local backup on your computer
Use a trusted data recovery tool if the messages were recently deleted
Ask the sender to resend the message
Contact your mobile carrier for possible message records
Stop using the phone immediately to avoid overwriting deleted data
Back up recovered messages right away