Many iPhone X user usually find
themselves in trouble after accidentally deleting important conversation in text
message/ SMS. Some of the message thread are too long or with attachments like
picture or other documents. The latest iPhone XS on iOS 12 also does not
provide any direct way to recover deleted text message thread on iPhone like ‘shake
to undo’ feature also does not help in recovering deleted text message on
iPhone XS.
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There are lots of third party apps that claims
to help to recover deleted text message from iPhone but most of them are too
costly and not guaranteed to work on every iPhone. There are few basic troubleshooting
steps that you can try to recover accidentally deleted message threads from
iPhone.
How to recover deleted text message from iPhone :
Fix 1: Ask the
recipients of the text messages
If you did not take backup
before you deleted the texts on iPhone .
You can ask the recipients of the text messages to forward them back to
you in that case.
If the recipients has an iPhone
6s or later (with 3D touch feature), he can:
-Open the messages app
-Open the needed message
-Press hard on the message (not
the entire conversation, but 1 message at a time), and, at the bottom, he finds
"copy" and "Other"
-Tap on "Other"
-At the bottom (right side) he
should have a "forward" symbol
-Tap on that symbol, then enter
your iPhone number and send you that message.
-If your family member has an
old iPhone without 3D touch capability, he can use use the copy/paste method
(not sure, but I think he can do it also if he has an Android device).
Fix 2 : Recover deleted text message from iCloud/ iTunes
If you back up your iPhone
regularly you can restore your most recent backup.
1. Login to https://icloud.com
with your Apple ID and password
2. Click on Text Messages (if
it isn't there your messages haven't been backed up).
3. If it is there searched the
messages to find the ones you need.
4. Now go to your iPhone and
choose Settings, iCloud on your iPhone.
5. Turn off Text Messages (or
ensure it is turned off). I know this sounds counter intuitive but stay with
it.
6. You'll see a pop-up. Select:
'Keep on My iPhone'.
7. Now turn back on text
messages.
8. Tap 'Merge', and wait. After
a few minutes the deleted text messages should appear back on your iPhone.
Restore deleted tests on
iPhone: from iTunes backup
Don't worry if the above didn't
work. We have two further options to try. First let's try recovering deleted
SMS messages via an iTunes backup. (See also: How to send group texts from
Android and iPhone.)
1. Connect your iPhone to the
PC with which you sync it. iTunes should open (if not, open it manually).
2. You should see your iPhone
in a box, top right hand corner. Select it.
3. Now choose 'Restore backup'.
4. All the data you previously
backed up will now replace the data on your phone. It will take a few minutes.
As long as you haven't backed up subsequent to deleting those text messages,
they should now appear on your phone handset.
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