Text messages have a reputation for being informal and inconsequential, but you might have critical information in there. So, if you’ve deleted some texts to clear up space on your iPhone and accidentally got rid of one that’s important, or wiped your iPhone and discovered your messages were not longer there when you recovered it, don’t panic. There’s a chance you can retrieve your deleted text messages on iPhone.
The process has six potential avenues that we cover below: you might be able to restore the lost text or iMessages from the Recently Deleted folder; you can restore your iPhone from a backup made before the message was deleted; you might be able to contact your wireless provider for a backup if you don’t have one; and you may be able to use a third-party app
