How to Recover Deleted Text Messages on iPhone (5 Ways)

Timestamps:
01:03 Restore from iCloud Backup
02:43 Recover from a Backup
04:07 Retrieve from a Finder Backup
05:20 Use a Data Recovery Software (without backup ✅)
07:47 Contact Your Carrier

Way #1: Use Your iCloud Backup to Recover Deleted Text Messages.
Important note: Be careful ❗️ This method requires you to restore your iPhone to its factory settings. If that sounds like too much of a hassle to you, we recommend you check out the other solutions further in this video.
Steps to recover:
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Go to General and choose the Reset option.
3. Tap Erase All Content and Settings and confirm your choice by clicking the Erase Now button.
4. Follow your phone’s instructions until you see the Apps & Data page.
5. Choose Restore from iCloud Backup.
6. Sign in to iCloud.
7. Choose the most recent backup that contains the deleted text messages from the list of available iCloud backups.
8. Wait for the recovery process to finish.

Way #2: Selectively Retrieve Deleted Text Messages from a Backup.
If you're among the lucky ones, you need to do the following:
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap your name and select iCloud.
3. Turn off Text Messages and select Keep on My iPhone.
4. Turn Text Messages back on and select the Merge option.
5. Wait for the deleted text messages to download to your iPhone.

Solution #3: Retrieve Deleted Text Messages from a Finder Backup (macOS Catalina or newer).
Hopefully, you’ve been regularly backing up your iPhone to your computer. If that’s the case, you can now retrieve all deleted text messages using iTunes.
So, the steps are:
1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac.
2. Launch Finder and select your iPhone under Locations.
3. Click the Restore Backup button in the General tab.
4. Pick the most relevant backup.
5. Enter your password if asked and click Restore.

Way #4: Use Data Recovery Software to Recover Deleted Text Messages on iPhone.
There's a very high chance you didn't have a backup. But don’t worry, there’s a good chance that you’ll still be able to get them back, but only if you don’t hesitate too much. A data recovery application like Disk Drill for Mac can find deleted and lost text messages on your iPhone and recover them for you with a few clicks.
So, the steps are:
2. Connect your iPhone to your Mac.
3. Launch Disk Drill and initialize a free scan by clicking the Recover button next to your iPhone.
4. Go through and preview the deleted and existing text messages.
5. Select the ones you want to undelete.
6. Click the Recover button and get your texts back.

Way #5: Contact Your Carrier and Ask for Help.
Some (but certainly not most) carriers allow their customers to recover deleted texts from online account management portals.

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[ilililiiillililil]

Thumbs up for including the timestamp for each method in the description 👍

[caden]

You are a lifesaver, I accidentally deleted my group chat and you helped me get it back. Thank you so much

[kbalzano]

Thank you so much. I never deleted any of my text messages so don’t know why they suddenly disappeared. The only thing I did to my iPhone recently, was an iOS 14.4.2 software update. Your 2nd set of instructions appears to have done the job and I seem to have recouped the majority if not all my missing text messages. Thanks again 🥰

[catherinemedikeri]

Ur a lifesaver thank you soo much 🙏🏽. You need to go virall!

[sandyn]

Omg thank you 🙏🏼 the best video can I see . I use the second choice and works perfectly. Gracias 🙏🏼

[adrian.villanueva]

guys i just miss her so i wanna look back at our old texts

edit: nvm i just have to accept the fact that she's found someone new and i'll have to move on someday 😀

[BPS]

Thank you so much! Just backed up my iphone with my Mac computer and the messages that were randomly deleted magically re-appeared!

[williamdenton]

how do you know when messasges have been downloaded, do you get a notification? how long does this usually take.?

[kaylahurley]

It really did work thank you so much I really thought I lost my messages one thing that Is kinda upsetting is that I don’t have my most recent ones but they’re my messages from 3 days ago

[aziza]

Thank u so much .... I accidentally deleted a conversation and wanted backup for only messages . I have turn on backup for limited apps to save iCloud space and resetting and backing up to last restore would result in losing the unsaved things. Thank you . You are my hero!!

[DeOnteGreen]

thank you so much. I just got the iPhone 12 and idk why but all my messages just disappeared and I had some really important stuff in there and I finally got it back so thanks man.

[carltonnichols]

Option #2 worked perfectly!!!! 😅😊😂. Thanks!!!

[rosegonzalez]

Your video was very helpful !! I was able to restore my text messages with your suggestions 🙏 thank you !! 🙂

[rogerwimett]

Thanks it worked animi very happy that i got my messages back your the man!!

[wildboyshawn]

So for the first one say if I do and and go back one month will my messages from yesterday still be there ?

[biancadominguez]

OMGOSH! Thank you so much, Andy!! You are a lifesaver!

[osuolivers]

Hate iPhones....but have to use one for work. Tried to move everything over to new iPhone and it was a mess. Got everything back finally EXCEPT for text messages. Luckily, i had checked the messages box in the iCloud backup options on my old phone. When I followed your video, I realized the messages was clicked in my NEW phone. Clicked that and they all came back...THANK YOU!!!

[traciehurtado]

for the 2nd option how long does it take to download files?

[sluggo]

Thanks pal. My wife had deleted all of her messages from me and wasn't convinced they could be retrieved until I used your advice. I'm an android guy but have had to learn a lot about Iphones to keep her out of trouble.

[semasebastien]

The click off message and download worked thank you.