Text messages have a reputation for being informal and inconsequential, but you might have really critical information in there. So, if you’ve deleted some texts to clear up space on your iPhone ...

Check "Recently Deleted" in your iPhone's Photos app to see if your deleted photo is still there. If it is, select it and then tap "Recover." You can restore your iPhone from a macOS or iCloud backup.

There are a couple of ways to retrieve deleted text messages from your iPhone without much hassle. If you're running iOS 16 or later, recovery is a simple, three-step process in your Messages app ...