Messages in iCloud how to see them?

“Messages in iCloud how to see them?: In my iCloud setting it states I have 15000 messages stored. Try as I might I cannot find how to view them. How do I view them?”

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What type of messages? SMS text messages? Or eMail messages?

Seeing SMS Text Messages in ICloud;

Enable Messages in iCloud:

1. Go Here: About Missing Information After you Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch with iCloud Backup - Apple Support
2. Scroll To: About your Messages and Voice Memos Data
3. As it Reads: If you turn off Messages in iCloud, your text messages and attachments no longer uploaded automatically [to iCloud]

To Enable Messages:

1. Go to: Settings
2. Tap: [Your Name] (Top Item)
3. Tap: iCloud (Fourth Item-Down) (Screenshot 1)
4. Tap: Messages (So it is Green) (Seventh Item-Down) (Screenshot 2)

“messages are and have been enabled in cloud setting in both iPad and iPhone for as long as I’ve had the devices”

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Pair Messages Through iCloud:

Are these not seen in the Messages app on your iPhone? If so, pair your iPhone to your computer through iCloud to view the messages and manage on the computer. It would be more user-friendly doing so:

When to Re-Set Up Messages:

If already installed, remove this number, and then set up messages once more. and be certain iMessage is enabled on your iPhone.

Setting Up Messages on a Mac:

Go Here:

• Set Up Messages on Mac - Apple Support
• Set Up iPhone to get SMS Messages on Mac - Apple Support
• Use Messages on your Mac - Apple Support

then...

Restart the Mac:

Next, restart the Mac, having just set this up.

“I do not see the 12000 messages on the iPad or I phone. I would not know how to pair the phone ant the PC. There are no messages to be seen when logged into iCloud on the PC”

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Reading iPhone Messages ona Windows PC.

If you are using a Windows PC (instead of a Mac), then you need to perform as instructed here and n Google: reading iphone messages on a windows+pc

Overview this Link Provided by Microsoft:

Setting up messages in the Phone Link

1. Go to: Settings
2. Select: Bluetooth
3. Find: your PC name
4. Tap: the (i) icon.
5. Toggle On: Show Notifications and Sync Contact

Jigsawjohn wrote:

I do not see the 12000 messages on the iPad or I phone. I would not know how to pair the phone ant the PC. There are no messages to be seen when logged into iCloud on the PC

Messages are not accessible at iCloud.com. Any message available to you is on your synced device(s).

“Messages in iCloud how to see them?: Text messages”

Thank you for clarifying.

Go by what I mentioned in my first reply. It’s a matter of enabling Messages in iCloud Settings.