Accidental Reporting of Text as Junk on iPhone: How to Rectify the Situation
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In the digital age, accidental deletions can be a source of frustration. But fear not, iPhone users! This article offers a straightforward guide on how to recover accidentally deleted texts, including those marked as junk, on your iPhone.
First and foremost, if you've recently deleted messages and they're still within the 30-day window, you can find them in the Recently Deleted folder within the Messages app. Here's how:
- Open the Messages app on your iPhone.
- Tap Filters or Edit at the top-left corner (depending on your iOS version).
- Select Show Recently Deleted.
- Choose the texts or conversations you want to restore.
- Tap Recover and then confirm by tapping Recover Messages.
Your selected deleted messages will be restored to your inbox.
If the deleted messages do not appear in the Recently Deleted folder or are older than 30 days, another option is to restore from an iCloud backup. However, be aware that this involves factory resetting your iPhone and restoring the backup, which may cause loss of any data created after the backup date.
Regarding texts marked as junk, the iPhone's Messages app filters unknown senders into a separate "Junk" or "Unknown Senders" filter, rather than a folder like email junk. You can find such messages in the filtered view and recover them by moving or unmarking them. Once deleted, they follow the same recovery method via the Recently Deleted folder or backups.
It's important to note that there is no direct official method to recover deleted junk-marked SMS outside of these approaches. Therefore, your best chances are to check the Recently Deleted folder within 30 days or restore from an iCloud backup (if available).
Luigi Oppido, with over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades, shares this insight. Luigi is the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years and the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California.
Remember, reporting a text as junk won't have an impact on you or the sender. You can't mark a text as junk if the sender is on your contacts list or if you have responded to the message. You can recover the texts that were accidentally reported in a few simple taps.
However, once a junk text report has been submitted, there is no way to take it back. Sending a mistaken junk text report won't have any negative effects, as cellular carriers use algorithms that rely on machine learning to determine which numbers are likely to be spam.
To keep a number from sending you texts, you must block them. Instructions for blocking a number on an iPhone or iPad can be found on this website.
Apple and your carrier are good at deciphering which numbers are actually spammers. Message filtering can be turned on in your iPhone settings, which sorts your messages into two folders: one for messages from your contacts (known senders) and one for messages from unknown senders.
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