How to Recover Deleted Text Messages on an iPhone? Hidden Tips

October 18, 2022 By Raulf Hernes

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This may come as a surprise, but there was no way to find and recover a deleted text message on iOS 15. You could only hope you had a backup with that specific text and then restore your iPhone, but that's a difficult and time-consuming process for what should be a simple task. Fortunately, iOS 16 has made this easier. Instead of restoring a backup, you can now find deleted messages on your phone and recover them with a few taps in the Messages app. The procedure is simple and clear, but you must know where to look before you can retrieve any deleted text messages. Here's how. If you're looking for other less-known iPhone features, check out the 7 hidden iOS 16 features we were surprised to discover and how to unlock your iPhone's hidden trackpad.

To begin, find your deleted texts. The Messages app contains all of your deleted text messages. To find your trashed messages, open Messages and select the Filters option in the upper left corner of your text threads. You can sort your text messages by known senders, unread messages, and other criteria here. However, we want the option Recently Deleted. A list of your most recent text messages will appear, along with phone numbers or contacts, the number of messages, and the number of days until permanent deletion. This includes both entire message threads and deleted individual texts. However, you will only be able to see (and recover) deleted messages if they were deleted within the last 30 days, so you must act quickly. You also can't see the actual texts, so you'll have to recover them by remembering the contact's name or phone number. You'll be able to read the texts once you've recovered. 8 things to consider before gifting an iPhone or iPad to an elderly relative

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Then retrieve your deleted texts To recover a text message, select the thread or message, tap Recover on the bottom right, and then tap Recover Message in the pop-up that occurs. You can rescue all of your deleted text messages at once; simply tap Recover All without selecting any messages. Your recovered text messages will appear in the order they were sent or received, so you may have to scroll through your existing texts to find them, specifically if they're old and you have a lot of new messages cluttering up your inbox. And you are all set.

By Raulf Hernes

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