How to Retrieve Deleted Text Messages from iPhone?

Check the Recently Deleted folder in Messages

Open the Messages app

Tap Edit or Filters

Tap Show Recently Deleted

Select the messages to recover

Tap Recover

Restore from an iCloud backup

Go to Settings

Tap General

Tap Transfer or Reset iPhone

Tap Erase All Content and Settings

Set up the iPhone again

Choose Restore from iCloud Backup during setup

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 messages were deleted

Check other Apple devices

Open Messages on an iPad, Mac, or another iPhone using the same Apple ID

Look for the deleted messages if they were not yet synced out

Contact your carrier

Ask whether message records or SMS logs are available

Use a third-party recovery tool

Install a reputable iPhone data recovery app

Scan the device or backup

Recover messages if the tool finds them

Turn off Messages in iCloud before restoring a backup if needed

Go to Settings

Tap your name

Tap iCloud

Tap Messages

Turn off Sync this iPhone

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