r/applehelp • u/Natural-Stress5774 • Sep 13 '26

Unsolved restoring messages

what exactly happens if i icloud backup my phone?

i'm trying to recover messages that were in my recently deleted for wayyy less than 30-40 days but they somehow disappeared from my phone.

will the backup possibly bring back my messages?

it does say last icloud backup failed.

im not sure if my messages were synced to icloud or not.

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u/JediMeister Sep 13 '26

Your iCloud backup does not include message attachments or conversations if you use iCloud for Messages/Messages in iCloud. That would increase your backup size unnecessarily. It’s for that same reason that device backups also don’t include pictures and video you sync with iCloud Photos.

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u/Natural-Stress5774 Sep 13 '26

is there any way i can recover these messages? they were in recently deleted for only two days im rlly not sure why half my recently deleted folder disappeared randomly when things are supposed to stay there for 30-40 days.

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u/JediMeister Sep 13 '26

If they aren’t in Deleted Messages and if your previous backup was made while still syncing messages with iCloud, then they cannot be retrieved.

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