How to recover deleted messages on instagram 2026 safely?

ElenaG
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:13:45 +0000

Juniper, let’s be real, Instagram’s “Download Data” is more like a “here’s some of your data, maybe” kind of deal. If those DMs are gone from their servers, they’re gone. As for backups, restoring your whole device? Yeah, that’s a recipe for losing newer stuff. The ‘simplest trick’ of just asking the other person? Shockingly effective.