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How many times have you accidentally deleted a conversation or message in Messages that you wish you hadn’t? A secret(ish) new feature in iOS 16 has got your back – you can now restore recently deleted conversations for up to 30 days after deleting them! It’s simple to do, but hidden at first. This simple and easy-to-follow tutorial will show you how to get back those deleted messages so you don’t have to panic!
Transcript
Sometimes by accident I’ll end up deleting a whole thread of messages andIi’ll lose all those communications forever.
Thankfully in iOS 16 there is now a way to restore deleted conversations for up to 30 days. Here’s how.
I’ve got a conversation here that I’ve been having with myself for many years and it’s where I send my Memoji backwards and forwards to make these videos.
Now whilst it’s not a very exciting conversation, I don’t want to lose all my Memoji clips.
But I can see a disaster about to occur….
Back on my Messages home screen I’m going to accidentally swipe and delete this entire conversation. Oh no!!
Now normally this would be game over, you’d be stuck.
But now with iOS 16 you can press the Edit button in the top left corner.
From here you can go on to Show Recently Deleted and then I’m going to see that conversation right at the top (as well as some spam and marketing messages I’ve deleted recently).
I’m going to tap on that conversation that I want to keep and then I’m going to press Recover.
Messages will now tell me it’s going to pull back about 5,000 messages.
I just need to wait for a moment and Messages will then recover that entire conversation thread and put it back into my inbox, just where it was before.
Phew, crisis over!
About Messages
The Messages app is Apple's messaging platform that enables users to send and receive text messages, photos, videos, and other multimedia content. It supports both iMessage for Apple devices and SMS/MMS for other devices, offering features like group chats, Memoji, and end-to-end encryption for secure communication.
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This QuickTip video was recorded on an iPhone 13 Pro
running iOS 16.
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iPhone, iPad and iPadOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. iOS is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems Inc. Whilst I have done my best to list all applicable trademarks for this video, in the (hopefully unlikely) event that I have missed any you can find a full list of trademarks registered to Apple Inc. here.
Finally, please note that whilst every effort has been made to ensure the information contained within this video was correct at time of publication, please be aware that as future updates and software changes occur some or all elements of this video may become outdated. I will endeavour to remove videos which are completely obsolete so as not to cause confusion!
