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We get this question almost every day: how can I get deleted text messages back? We all know that texts and messages sometimes get deleted by accident. It’s a fact of life, especially if you let kids, spouse or girl/boyfriends, family members, and even plain old friends borrow your iPhone or iPad. Most of the time, it’s not on purpose, all it takes is a swipe in the right direction and bang that message conversation (and any attached images/videos/stickers/gifs) is gone. BUT not necessarily for good. Related Articles
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Look at Your Other Devices, including Macs!If you’re asking how can I retrieve deleted iMessages or texts? Look no further than your Mac or other iDevices.  If you don’t use Messages in iCloud AND use Messages with the same Apple ID on more than one iDevice or an iDevice and a Mac, when you delete a text thread on one device it DOES NOT delete on any other device. So first, check any other device and see if the message thread is there. Your all devices should allow for both iMessage and SMS recovery, just by opening up your Message App! For this to work, you must have previously activated iMessage on your computer or additional iDevice with the same Apple ID AND not enabled Messages in iCloud. So if you use Messages on your Mac or another iDevice, forward that thread to yourself so a copy moves to the device where you deleted it. Just remember that when you reply, it’ll reply to yourself and NOT the original sender. You need to start a new message to converse with that original sender. So this option is for folks who just want the information held within the texts, NOT for those wanting to continue building the conversation. I Use Messages in iCloud, What Are My Options To Restore a Deleted Text?For folks that use iCloud and Messages in iCloud, iOS automatically stores all your iMessages, text (SMS), and multimedia (MMS) messages in iCloud. Unfortunately, Messages in iCloud updates automatically, so when you delete a message, photo, or conversation on one device, it’s immediately removed from all of your devices. This syncing between devices means you always have the same view everywhere you use iMessage–and that’s normally a great feature. But when you delete a message accidentally, it’s a very bad thing–because that deleted message is no longer available on any device. Did You Just Delete That Message?If you deleted that message just now, you may be able to recover it by turning off Messages in iCloud asap (as soon as possible.) When you toggle off Messages in iCloud, a message pops up asking you if you want to download your messages and disable Messages in iCloud. Tap Disable and Download Messages. If your message is still on Apple’s Message in iCloud servers it will download to your device! How To Recover Deleted Text Messages From an iPhone or iPad Using an iCloud or iTunes / Finder app BackupIf you don’t have another Apple device or didn’t activate iMessages, how do you get old text messages back? Well, the only other option (outside of some third-party apps) is to look at your iPhone’s backup in either iTunes or iCloud. If you backup via iCloud or iTunes, all your text message conversations (SMS, MMS, and iMessages) are still retained in your iPhone’s backup–so if you backed up recently, those threads are there. But these backups only contain information up to that backup date and time. So here’s another reason to turn iCloud BackUp ON–if you didn’t already have a good reason. As a quick reminder, turn on iCloud BackUp by going to Settings > Apple ID Profile > iCloud > iCloud Backup and turn it ON. Find iCloud BackupsSo if you recently lost your text messages, restore your latest backup and get all those messages that were current at the time the backup was created. To check when you last backed up on iCloud, go to Settings > Apple ID Profile > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backup > Your Device to see the date and size of its latest backup. Earlier iOS iCloud Backup Locations
Find macOS Catalina+ Finder app backups
Find iTunes Backups (macOS Mojave and below)
To learn more about the Finder app and iTunes backups, see this article. Everything Goes Back, Not Just Messages!Be mindful that this process reverts everything back to that last backup, so if you took a lot of photos, videos, or downloaded a lot of apps or books, those items won’t show up, and you’ll need to download them again. For photos and videos, be sure to back these up using something other than iCloud–like to your Google Drive, Dropbox, or your backup location of choice. And if you never backed up using iTunes or iCloud or you didn’t back up recently, your texts are sadly lost for good. Unfortunately, this is currently the only way to retrieve accidentally deleted texts. Restore from an iCloud backup
After using your iCloud backup to restore
Restore from an iTunes backup
I Don’t Backup My iPhone With iCloud or iTunes, How Can I Recover My Deleted Messages?If you don’t back up, you can try a third-party tool or ask your iPhone Cellular Provider if they store your text messages on their servers. Join a Third-Party!And of course, there is an app for that. There are a bunch of apps that claim to help in this exact situation. These tools look at the data on your iDevice and scan for text message files in storage that’s ready for overwriting. Rather than recommending a particular app, we suggest searching the App Store using a search term like Recover Deleted Texts or variations. Check out what the options are and make sure you read the reviews. Some apps work as promised, while others do not, so it’s best to check those reviews to see if the app lives up to its promises. Elizabeth Jones For most of her professional life, Amanda Elizabeth (Liz for short) trained all sorts of folks on how to use media as a tool to tell their own unique stories. She knows a thing or two about teaching others and creating how-to guides! Her clients include Edutopia, Scribe Video Center, Third Path Institute, Bracket, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Big Picture Alliance. Elizabeth received her Master of Fine Arts degree in media making from Temple University, where she also taught undergrads as an adjunct faculty member in their department of Film and Media Arts. Can you retrieve deleted iMessages?Retrieve a deleted message or conversation
In Messages, tap Edit. Tap Show Recently Deleted . Choose the conversations with the messages you want to restore, then tap Recover.
Are iMessages gone forever once deleted?Does Apple keep text messages? You can choose to automatically delete your iMessages from your device after 30 days or a year, or to keep them on your device forever. For your convenience, iMessages are backed up in iCloud and encrypted if you have enabled either iCloud Backup or Messages in iCloud.
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