No, you cannot directly see your wife's text messages on iCloud as Family Sharing keeps them private, but if you share the same Apple ID, messages sync across all signed-in devices, meaning you would receive her iMessages and see backups on your devices, which is not recommended for privacy and security. Apple recommends each person have their own Apple ID for privacy, as sharing one allows access to synced data like messages, photos, and files.
Your iCloud account is a gateway to all your synced data, including text messages. Someone can spy on your messages by: Logging into your iCloud account from another device to view message backups. Using a shared Apple ID (common in families) to receive your iMessages on their device.
If someone else has access to your Apple Account, they can view information that is synced across devices, which may include such things as Messages and location. Learn here how to secure your Apple Account on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Any messages currently stored in iCloud are now accessible on your device, and any new messages you receive on your device will be stored in iCloud. To make sure you can see your messages on all your devices, also check the following: iMessage account: On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive.
Thanks for connecting with Apple Support Communities. With Family Sharing, everyone's personal files and preferences stay private. Therefore, family members are not able to view each other's text messages. "When you share iCloud+, family members can't see each others' photos, files, or documents.
Check access permissions in settings
Spyware and monitoring apps need elevated permissions to access your SMS messages. You can check whether any apps have permission to see your SMS messages by going to the Permission manager in your Android settings.
Messages is designed to protect your information and enable you to choose what you share. Messages are backed up in iCloud and encrypted if you enable iCloud Backup or Messages in iCloud. iMessage is end-to-end encrypted.
On the Apps & Data screen, tap Restore from iCloud Backup and sign in to iCloud with your Apple® ID. Go to Choose backup and select from the list of iCloud backups. Each one should have a date and size. Choose the last backup before you deleted the text messages to recover them.
Messages in iCloud is a feature that stores your iMessages and SMS messages in the cloud, allowing them to sync across all your Apple devices. If this feature is enabled, your full message history is synced and updated in real-time on any device signed in with the same Apple ID.
No, sadly, you cannot view text messages on iCloud.
The reason is simple: the messages stored in iCloud are in an unreadable format. iCloud allows you to view photos, contacts, notes, and other viewable content by logging into the platform, except for iMessages, which you'll have to jump through hoops to access.
3 Signs Someone Is Reading Your Text Messages Without Your Phone
With Family Sharing, your Apple subscriptions are shared with your family members at no extra cost. That includes eligible subscriptions from the App Store, as well as eligible purchases of apps, media, and books when you enable Purchase Sharing. You can even hide individual purchases that you want to keep private.
And, assuming that you haven't approved anybody logging in to your account, no, nobody can see your text messages. If you have settings / Apple ID / iCloud / Messages turned on, then yes, all of your messages, including SMS with non-iMessage users, get synced to iCloud.
Unfortunately, your wife can access your text messages—perhaps through automatic backups, iCloud, or even spyware. Alternatively, she might just be picking up your phone. You can probably tell if she's reading them. Perhaps messages are read when you haven't opened them.
If you use Messages in iCloud, deleting a message or conversation on your iPhone deletes it from all your devices where Messages in iCloud is turned on. See Keep your messages up to date with iCloud in the iCloud User Guide.
Every time anybody logs into an Apple account using a new device you will get a notice. If your spouse uses the same device repeatedly you will only see a notice the first time.
When you delete a message or conversation in the Messages app, it's moved to the Recently Deleted folder. You can view and recover items in the Recently Deleted folder for up to 30 days. After 30 days, the messages are removed from all your devices. After 40 days, the messages are permanently deleted from iCloud.
Make sure you have enabled iCloud Backup and it has a current backup that contains the iMessages you want to get. Check your iCloud backup in Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups to do this. Check the time of the most recent backup.
If this iPhone is set up to filter messages from unknown senders, those messages are hidden in a secret folder called "Unknown Senders." You can find this folder in the Messages app. Tap the Filters icon. It's a set of 3 horizontal lines at the top-right corner of your inbox.
When you set up iCloud for Messages, your messages are stored in the cloud, with only the most recently accessed Messages stored locally on your device. You can see them on any device that's set up for iCloud and Messages, including your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Messages automatically uses the following screen effects for specific text strings: