Summary
If your iPhone text messages have disappeared but are still taking up space, this article aims to help you fix the error and then restore the lost messages on your iPhone 6/6s/7/8/X.
A few days ago, I updated my iPhone to iOS 11. When I turn on my phone, I found things become weird. All my text messages are missing! All of them! When I check my storage, I can see that my text messages account for 90MB of my storage. Can anybody help me? I want to restore my lost messages because they are important to me! Please help me and thanks in advance.
iPhone users claimed that their messages were deleted by the phone itself, but they may have inadvertently caused the deletion through other actions, such as updating to iOS 11, restoring the phone, or syncing with iTunes, which are common reasons for messages disappearing from the inbox.
Your iPhone may delete messages due to a lesser-known reason: your message history is only kept for 30 days or 1 year, after which it automatically deletes itself. This can cause messages to disappear.
If you're unsure how long your iPhone keeps message history, you can check by going to Settings, then Messages, and finally Messages History, where you'll see how long it's currently set to. If it's not set to "Forever", that's why your iPhone is deleting or erasing messages automatically.
1. Tryto reboot your iPhone
To restart your iPhone, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Volume Down button at the same time for at least 10 seconds until the Apple logo appears. This will resolve any issues and allow you to access your messages again.
2. If you're having trouble receiving iMessage, try turning it off and then on again in the Settings > iMessage menu. This should resolve the issue. If not, check back later to see if the messages you're missing will appear.
After fixing the error, you can recover lost iPhone messages with Qiling MobiSaver, a safe and effective iPhone data recovery software that requires no technical skills. This software can easily retrieve lost iPhone text messages and works perfectly for iPhone6/6s/7/8/X.
Step 1. Choose the Recovery Mode
Connect your iPhone to your PC, launch Qiling MobiSaver, click "Recover from iOS Device" and then "Start".
Step 2.Scan iPhone for Lost Messages
Qiling MobiSaver will automatically scan your iPhone and find lost messages and message attachments for you.
Step 3.Preview and Restore Lost Messages
To recover deleted messages and attachments, select "Messages" and "Message Attachments" from the recovery options, choose the desired messages and attachments, and then choose to recover them to either your PC or mobile device.