With so much of our lives contained on our devices, especially our iPhones or iPads, it can feel particularly devastating if you accidentally delete a message you still need. Whether it is ...

We've all been there. One wrong tap and suddenly, a text thread you meant to keep is gone. But here's the good news. It's surprisingly easy to accidentally delete messages in the iPhone Messages app.

Is there a way to recover deleted text messages on iPhone? If you accidentally deleted a text message or an entire message thread, there is a way to recover it. The first thing to try is using iCloud.

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 ...