Ways to recover deleted text messages on your iPhone

We have excellent news for you if you accidentally lost text messages from friends or family and now wish to restore them: it’s possible to recover deleted text messages on your iPhone®.

Wefix Tech assists you in making the most of your technology, whether you want to unlock your phone’s secret functions or protect it from hackers. Our instructions on how to get back deleted iPhone messages is provided below.

Ways to recover iPhone messages using iCloud backup

You might be able to restore deleted iPhone texts from a recent backup if you’ve configured your iPhone to keep your data on the Apple® iCloud® storage system. Your iPhone will be restored to the point of that backup if you do this. The text messages might be recoverable, but you’ll probably lose other information.

Here’s what to do:

1. Go to Settings, and tap your name at the top.
2. Tap iCloud, then scroll down and make sure Messages is turned on.
3. Tap iCloud Backup and check that you’ve backed up your iPhone recently.
4. Go back to the main Settings menu and tap General, then scroll down and tap Reset or Transfer or Reset iPhone.
5. Tap Erase all Content and Settings, then Confirm. You may have to turn off Find My™ to finish this step. You should see a prompt, and you’ll need to provide your iCloud password to do this.
6. After a few minutes, your iPhone will reset to factory settings.
7. When you see your iPhone welcome screen, follow the first few prompts to set up your device.
8. On the Apps & Data screen, tap Restore from iCloud Backup and sign in to iCloud with your Apple® ID.
9. Go to Choose backup and select from the list of iCloud backups. Each one should have a date and size. Choose the last backup before you deleted the text messages to recover them. A prompt may ask you to update your software.

How to retrieve iPhone messages using iTunes

If you backed up your iPhone to an older Mac® or PC before you deleted your texts, you can try to restore them using iTunes®. Here’s how:

1. Connect your iPhone to a computer.
2. Open iTunes if it doesn’t appear automatically.
3. Click on the phone icon at the top of the screen and select Summary from the menu on the left.
4. Click Restore Backup. You’ll have to wait a bit for the backup to finish, but your deleted texts should reappear on your iPhone.

How to recover deleted iPhone messages using Finder

If you have a Mac® running the Catalina operating system or a later version of MacOS®, you can recover deleted iPhone messages using Finder®. Just follow these steps:

1. Connect your iPhone to a computer.
2. Open Finder if it doesn’t appear automatically.
3. Click your phone’s name under Locations.
4. Click Restore Backup. You will have to wait a bit for the backup to finish, but your deleted texts should reappear on your iPhone.