Yes, you can often recover deleted text messages on both iPhone and Android by checking the "Recently Deleted" folder in your Messages app (for 30 days) or looking in the app's Trash/Recycle Bin, restoring from a cloud backup (iCloud/Google Drive), or using third-party data recovery tools, but permanent recovery after 30-40 days or from overwritten data is difficult.
Yes, you can often find deleted text messages by checking the "Recently Deleted" folder in your messaging app (like on iPhone or Samsung) or by restoring from a recent cloud backup (Google Drive/iCloud) if enabled, but permanently deleted texts usually require data recovery software or a carrier request, which can be difficult.
Recover deleted text messages on your iPhone or iPad
The answer has not changed. Permanently-deleted messages are deleted permanently. Find a copy (such as a screen recording of scrolling through the messages) created prior to deletion. Ask a participant in the conversation for their copy.
The only reliable way to retrieve deleted messages on Android is to access the backup file using Google Drive. To access the file and read the messages, go into the Google Drive associated with your husband's account on a computer. Scan the backup folder for the date you want to take a look at and open it.
Obtaining a spouse's text messages can ordinarily be done in two ways. One way might be to send a letter to the cell phone carrier, through an attorney, explaining the need to preserve text messages for a divorce case.
Note: Deleting and recovering messages only affects your iPhone and other Apple devices where you're signed in to the same Apple Account. You can't recover messages, attachments, and conversations for anyone else.
Even when you 'permanently' clear messages, you're simply getting the phone to stop listing it in the deleted items folder. You can't recover such texts on the phone itself, but there are plenty of commercially available software packages you can buy that allow your PC to read data directly from a SIM card.
In general, text messages can be retrieved from a phone service provider for up to three months. As for retrieving data from the phone itself, that depends on the type of phone you have and how full your phone's storage is.
One possibility that may come up is that your husband deletes text messages to maintain his privacy. Everyone has a right to their personal space, even in a marriage. Perhaps there are conversations that he wants to keep private, whether it's a chat with a friend or a work-related matter.
Restore messages in Google Messages
Navigate to and open the Google Messages app, then tap the Profile icon. Tap Archived, and then touch and hold the message you'd like to recover.
Recover files that you deleted on your iPhone or iPad
If they've been deleted, the only way to get them back is to try to restore an old iCloud or iTunes backup that was created before they disappeared. But if you don't have a backup from that time, then unfortunately, there's no way to restore them to the iPhone itself.
On Android, go to the Messaging app and browse through the chats. Keep in mind, only the messages that have not been deleted will be visible. Another method would be using a third-party app or service that backs up your messages.
These apps are user-friendly and support multiple devices.
We recommend SMS Backup & Restore or Recoverit. Download and install the app: Once you've found an app you like, download and install it on your phone. Run a scan: Follow the app's instructions to scan your phone's memory for any deleted messages that might still be recoverable.
Yes, police can often retrieve deleted data from phones. When you delete a file, it is not immediately erased from the device; instead, the system marks the space as available for new data. Until it is overwritten, forensic tools can recover the deleted information.
Certain phone monitoring apps, like mSpy, can sometimes access deleted messages if the app was installed on the target device before the messages were deleted. If cloud backups (like iCloud for iPhones or Google Drive for Android) are accessible, it may be possible to recover deleted texts from these sources.
Check the Recycle Bin in Messages. Check the Archived section in Google Messages. Recover messages from Google backup. Check if Google Backup is turned on under Settings > System > Backup.
One more thing I would say is, nothing is ever deleted fully, until it is overwritten. So, if the generic things that people have suggested, haven't worked, you will need a high end data recovery program, that can scan all the space on your phone.
When a user deletes a text message, it often isn't immediately wiped from the device's memory. Instead, the phone's operating system marks the space as “available” for new data. Until that space is overwritten, specialized forensic tools can sometimes recover the deleted message.
Deleted messages on an iPhone go to a "Recently Deleted" folder in the Messages app, where they stay for about 30 days before being permanently erased, allowing you to recover them by tapping Filters or Edit, then Show Recently Deleted, and selecting Recover. If they aren't there (maybe older than 30 days or you're on an older iOS), you might find them in an iCloud backup if you have one, or they're gone.
There's no way to recover it directly from iCloud. If you had an iCloud or computer backup created before deletion: Yes. Messages that existed at the time of the backup can be recovered. You can either restore your device from that backup or use a tool like Gbyte Recovery to safely extract deleted messages.