Does your iPhone have to be backed up before you delete messages to retrieve them?

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does your i phone have to be backed up before you delete messages to retrieve them

i do not back up my phone, can I retrieve deleted messages

 

[Bigeric23]

Re: does your i phone have to be backed up before you delete messages to retrieve them

You should be backing up your device in some fashion.

 

[HankAZ]

Re: does your i phone have to be backed up before you delete messages to retrieve them

i do not back up my phone, can I retrieve deleted messages

Where would you be retrieving these message from? They have to be somewhere in order to be able to pull them back.

Also, Bigeric23 is correct - backing up your device is always among best practices.