Recovering deleted text messages on Android is difficult, and the best strategy is to have Google Drive back up your phone.

If you're trying to recover texts or iMessages on iPhone, use iOS 16, Finder, iTunes, or iCloud to retrieve them.

If you want to recover a text message, tap on the thread or message so that it's selected, hit Recover on the bottom right, and then tap Recover Message in the pop-up that appears. You can also ...

Nelson Aguilar is an LA-based tech how-to writer and graduate of UCLA. With more than a decade of experience, he covers Apple and Google and writes on iPhone and Android features, privacy and security ...

Have you ever accidentally deleted an important text message? The panic that follows can be overwhelming, especially when it contains crucial information. Thanks to recent iOS updates, recovering ...