Retrieve deleted text messagea

[Frencharcher39]

I am trying to recover deleted texts from a few days ago however the text came from a number not in contacts and I don't have iCloud or iTunes back up. Can I look up the number via my Verizon bill or another way without 3rd party app?

[fernandobot]

Verizon would only have access to the message contents provided a court order. Verizon can show you how to access the time and number the text came from but not the actual message content itself.

[Frencharcher39]

Thank you for the information and I only need the phone number the text came from and not the content. What is the procedure to do that via Verizon? Thanks again.

[tikibar1 · Accepted solution]

If the texts were sent as iMessages, they won't appear on Verizon's text logs since those go through Apple's servers and not VzW's.  But to view text logs, this may help:

Re: Previous call and text log

[CkCraig]

If they were iMessages, you can log into your iCloud on another Apple device such as a mac or an iPad and open iMessages and it should load all of your old messages.