You can search all of the messages on your iPhone in seconds using the search function in your Messages app or Spotlight to find specific messages.

You can now easily highlight and copy a selection of text from your messages on iOS 26. This is super convenient for copying ...

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 ...