Lost imessage conversations

Hi,
I recently changed my password for my icloud account on my ipad 3, the same account I use for imessage. Upon returning to imessage, I was asked to sign in again as I had, for some reason, been signed out. After I signed in I realised that all of my conversations had gone, simply disappeared.
I know I did not delete them and I was just wondering if there is any way to recover my messages. I'm not sure if they have been deleted entirely or are simply hidden for whatever reason. I have tried restoring my ipad from icloud backups and I have synced my ipad to itunes on my Windows PC but have still not recovered my messages.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Nathan.

Nathan1263 wrote:
Hi,
I recently changed my password for my icloud account on my ipad 3, the same account I use for imessage. Upon returning to imessage, I was asked to sign in again as I had, for some reason, been signed out. After I signed in I realised that all of my conversations had gone, simply disappeared.
I aassume that you needed to sign in again because you changed the password.
After I signed in I realised that all of my conversations had gone, simply disappeared.
I know I did not delete them and I was just wondering if there is any way to recover my messages. I'm not sure if they have been deleted entirely or are simply hidden for whatever reason. I have tried restoring my ipad from icloud backups and I have synced my ipad to itunes on my Windows PC but have still not recovered my messages.
If you restored from a backup, I would have to assume that the messages were not in the backup or they should have restored to the device. If they did not restore and they are no longer on the iPad, then they are gone.
If they are that important to you, a third party app may be able to recover them for you.
iPhone Data Recovery - Recover iPhone Contacts ... - Wondershare

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