You can restore messages you deleted for up to 30 days. , then do one of the following: Tap Edit, then tap Show Recently Deleted. Tap Filters, then tap Recently Deleted.
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.
When you delete a piece of data from your device — a photo, video, text or document — it doesn't vanish. Instead, your device labels that space as available to be overwritten by new information.
When you delete a message, the message only disappears from your Messages thread, not from your contacts' threads. To remove a message that you accidentally sent from everyone's threads, use undo send.
Note: Any message that you delete from a conversation using Undo Send is permanently deleted.
Access the same messages on all your devices
You can see them on any device that's set up for iCloud and Messages, including your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. Because your messages are in the cloud, if you send, receive, or delete a message on one device, those updates appear everywhere.
Recover deleted texts using an iCloud backup
If you have an iCloud backup from before the time when you deleted the text, you should be able to get it back by restoring your phone to that iCloud backup. Open Settings, tap on your Apple ID card at the top, select iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups.
You need iOS 16, iPadOS 16.1 or later to recover deleted messages and conversations. You can only recover the messages and conversations you've deleted within the last 30 to 40 days.
After a month, the Recycle bin permanently deletes the message. Open the Messages app on your Samsung phone. Tap the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner and open the Recycle bin.
Looking at your phone, there are messages you don't want to lose. You can back them up using your phone's native apps or go with a third-party option. Your iCloud account is powerful. It holds your messages, photos, mail, contacts, notes, passwords, and much more.
How long does an iPhone keep deleted messages? You can only recover messages and conversations that you deleted within the last 30 to 40 days.
You can sync your text messages across Apple devices by enabling the iCloud messages sync feature. Synced messages will all be viewable in the Messages app, whether you're using an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Mac.
Deleted text messages are usually retrievable from a phone, but before beginning the process, law enforcement officers would need to obtain a court order. Once obtained, officers can use mobile device forensic tools (MDFTs) to extract any data from a device, including emails, texts, images and location data.
It's very easy to accidentally delete SMS messages, because there's no turning back once they're gone. Like with all other data, though, the OS doesn't delete the information immediately. It will be stored somewhere in the hard drive until rewritten.
Here's how: Long-press the message thread you'd like to remove. It will highlight with a checkmark. Tap on the trash can icon at the bottom and confirm.
All of your deleted text messages can be found in the Messages app. To find your trashed messages, open Messages and tap the Filters option in the top left of your text threads. Here you can filter your text messages by known senders, unread messages and more. However, the option we want is Recently Deleted.
As mentioned, when you delete messages and conversations from one device, they are instantly removed from all your devices. If you delete a message, you can't get it back.
On iCloud.com, you can immediately and permanently remove files you deleted from iCloud Drive, iWork apps, or other apps within the last 30 days, whether you deleted them on iCloud.com or another device that has iCloud Drive turned on.
If you simply delete a text, they are still available. And there are common forensics tools used by both law enforcement and civil investigators to recover them.
Delete individual text messages
Tap the conversation. Touch and hold the message you want to delete. Optional: To delete multiple messages, touch and hold the first message, then tap more messages. Tap Delete to confirm.
All of the providers retained records of the date and time of the text message and the parties to the message for time periods ranging from sixty days to seven years. However, the majority of cellular service providers do not save the content of text messages at all.
Your provider or "carrier" keeps records of your cellphone use, including calls and text messages, and even pictures sent from your phone. Almost all cellphone carriers give detailed information about a phone's use in billing statements sent to the owner.
In many cases, the police are still able to download text messages from your phone, even when you have deleted them. If the police cannot obtain data from your phone, they might try to get the data from your mobile phone service provider instead.