Accidentally deleted a bunch of texts from my Pixel and I need them back

Okay this is embarrassing but I accidentally wiped a whole convo thread with my doctor while trying to delete some spam texts. I use the regular Google Messages app on my Pixel 7.
I don’t think I had anything backed up, and I didn’t notice until like 2 days later. Is there any way to recover these? I’m super stressed, it had some important info I forgot to copy down.
Has anyone actually gotten deleted texts back successfully?? Or am I just outta luck?

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Orin Thorne

Participant

June 25, 2025 at 4:39 am

FYI if you’re using Samsung Messages (not Google’s), deleted texts go into a recycle bin for 30 days. You can straight-up restore them from there—no software needed.

Go to Messages > 3 dots > Recycle bin > long press + restore. Super easy.

Nina Calder

Participant

June 25, 2025 at 3:54 am

Yup happened to me. I used one of those android data recovery software Jace mentioned. Worked okay. Didn’t get everything back but def got the main stuff. (Just make sure USB debugging is on)

Jace Elric

Participant

June 24, 2025 at 9:41 am

Check if Google One backup was on. Go to:
Settings > Google > Backup
If you’re lucky, your texts might be part of the last backup, but heads up—you’ll have to do a full reset to restore that.
If there’s no backup, you can still try using one of those Android data recovery tools on a PC. Just don’t keep using the phone much. New data can mess with recovery chances.

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