Restoring an iPhone from a backup

Hi
I accidentally cleared the messages from one contact on my iPhone. Is it possible to restore these from a previous backup?
When I got a new iPhone 3G I restored it from the last backup of my old phone, and in this case all of the messages were transferred. But how do I get a used iPhone to accept a backup?
Thanks guys,
lemondrizzlecake

Yes. You can restore an iPhone from backup by right-clicking it, under Devices on the left side of iTunes, and choosing Restore from Backup.
This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766 provides more details about restoring from backup and the contents of the backup.
-Jason

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