How To Fix iPhone Messages Missing or Messages Disappeared All At A Sudden

By Spencer Mcfadden, on July 26, 2021, in iPhone Problems | SOLVED

iPhone 12 Missing Group Messages After iOS 14 Update? I am unable to see group message replies regardless of carrier. Just this new iPhone 12 and so far, and it seems my group text messages are gone missing all at a sudden. It is crucial that am I able to see texts, responses etc from my groups. What is the fix? Yes I have done all the previous steps to try to correct the issue as posted on this forum.

In recent iOS upgrade, we have received a flood of feedback reporting iPhone message missing issue (iMessage and FaceTime Waiting for Activation). Some common scenario is texts from one person disappeared, messages disappeared from iPhone but still in storage, all my messages are gone iPhone, iMessage conversation disappeared, iPhone text message forwarding missing, etc (2021 Most Common iPhone Glitches and How To Fix). We will explain how to fix them in multiple ways.

Most Common iPhone Missing Issues and Best Fixes

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There are a large range of reasons that may cause your text messages gone missing on your iPhone. It could be the carrier server delay, iOS software glitch, or Apple Server temporary not working. Before troubleshooting your iPhone message missing issue, check what's the reason first.

Common Reasons That May Cause iPhone Messages Missing Issue:

• Case 1 - Texts from One Person Disappeared: Maybe you blocked the message sender by mistake. To check if that is the case, you can go to Settings > Messages > Blocked. If your contact is there, you can tap Edit and unblock him. It could also be that you are filtering iMessages from people not on your contact list.
• Case 2 - Messages Disappeared from iPhone but Still in Storage : If your texts randomly all disappeared on your iPhone, you may still retrieve theses missing messages by restoring from an iCloud or iTunes backup.
• Case 3 - All My Messages Are Gone On My iPhone: You can go checking the storage in the Settings, does it show that your messages are still taking up space? If so, you could attempt to back up to iTunes or iCloud and then restore that backup and there's a chance your messages could come back, but there's no guarantees.

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• Contacts
• Phone
• Find My
• App Store
• Videos
• Mail
• Camera
• Message
• Settings
• Safari

Texts from One Person Disappeared True Case: I am having a problem with Messages. Suddenly my iPhone stopped showing messages from a single contact (messages from other contacts are receiving fine). I did tried restarting my iPhone couple of times but this process was not as sufficient as it may. So can you please tell me how to fix this problem?

Troubleshooting Tips: It appears you're experiencing an issue with missing messages for one contact, and we'd like to share some resources that can help. First up, check if you have blocked this contacts from message sender list. Also it's recommended to keep all your messages in iCloud for cross device syncing. If not, you can restore from a backup that was created at a time when you had the messages available.

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How-To Steps To Fix iPhone Texts from One Person Disappeared:

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   Check Blocked Contacts Or Messages: Maybe you blocked the sender by mistake. To check if that is the case, you can go to Settings > Messages > Blocked.

   
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   Check Message Filter Setting: You can filter messages from people who aren't saved in your Contacts. To filter messages, go to Settings > Messages and turn on Filter Unknown Senders.

   
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   Check Junk Messages Folder: Also give a try to find your missing texts on the Junk folder. To do so: Go to Settings > Messages > Junk.

   

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• Contacts
• Phone
• Find My
• App Store
• Videos
• Mail
• Camera
• Message
• Settings
• Safari

You can go checking the storage in the Settings > General > iPhone Storage, does it show that your messages are still taking up space? If so, you could attempt to back up to iTunes or iCloud and then restore that backup and there's a chance your messages could come back, but there's no guarantees.

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How-To Steps To Fix Messages Disappeared from iPhone but Still in Storage:

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   Check If Your Disappeared Messages Still In Storage: To do so: Open Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Message.

   
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   Restore iPhone Message from iCloud/iTunes Backup: Connect your device to your Mac > In the Finder on your Mac, select the device in the Finder sidebar > General > To select backup options.

   

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• Phone
• Find My
• App Store
• Videos
• Mail
• Camera
• Message
• Settings
• Safari

Still cannot find your missing / disappeared iPhone text messages? Or just noticed you probably have permanently lost or deleted texts on your iPhone? Don't panic! So it's better to try a tool that can easily recover your lost text messages even you have deleted. Omni Recover is the expert iPhone Messages Recovery software that helps retrieve your missing / disappeared iPhone text messages.

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How-To Steps To Recover Missing/Disappeared Messages On iPhone:

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   Download and install Omni Recover on your Windows PC or Mac computer > Connect your iPhone to your computer > Open Omni Recover.

   
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   Choose to recover your missing contacts from iPhone/iPad/iPod touch/Backup > Click Next > Choose a device to continue:

   
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   After a short while, you can choose to preview your missing iPhone contacts or other iOS data.

   
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   Now Omni Recover will analyze your iPhone database to retrieve your missing contacts > After finding your desired iPhone contacts, click Export to get them back.

   

Now can you fix this iPhone Messages Missing or Disappeared problem with our suggestions above? If you still have further iOS 14 software issues or bugs, feel free to contact us and we are happy to help. In addition, we will keep updating our iOS 14 Porblems list so that to cover all upcoming software/hardware glitches on your Apple devices.

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