How can I view messages on iCloud?

You cannot. Turning on iCloud For Messages stores messages in iCloud and syncs them to other devicesbut there is no app or method on the iCloud website to view them there.

Any messages synced to iCloud are by definition also on the devices that have the option turned on.

click here ➜ Set up iCloud for Messages on all your devices - Apple Support

countrylizzard wrote:

Yes I knowbut I talked to apple and they said even after u delete them from recently deleted manually they stay on the icloud for up to 4 days. Then they go away on its own. Well Im saying im noticing theyre not going away on their own. So maybe its a bug in ios 18. where theyre not being deleted on their own after manually deleting it on recently deleted.

How would you even know this?

There is no way for you to see what messages are on iCloudso no way to determine whether they are there or not directly.

You could potentially assume they are there based on used storagebut that's less than a certainty.

countrylizzard wrote:

I legit just said I talked to apple and they told me when u manually delete texts they stay on icloud up to 4 days

Do you understand that "up to 4 days" means "anytime between now and 4 days from now?" That means they could be deleted instantly when you delete them from Recently Deleted.

That doesn't change the fact that you can't go to icloud.com and look at your messages. If you stopped iCloud syncing on your phone then started it up againit's possible that you might see the messages again in Recently Deleted. ButI wouldn't bet money on it.

Im actually noticing when I delete texts manually they dont delete from icloud. I know from research that it takes up to 4 days for texts to delete on the server. I noticed its not doing this. I also know when u have messages in icloud turned off it still saves texts for up to 4 days on icloud. So Im wondering if this is a bug in ios 18. Normally I would notice when texts were deleted on icloud because the icloud goes up and down on its own. It hasnt done this. Just a thought.

Deleted Messages are moved to the "Recently Deleted" folder for 30 days. After which they are entirely deleted from the device and iCloud.

click here ➜ Recover deleted messages in Messages on iPhone - Apple Support

Yes I knowbut I talked to apple and they said even after u delete them from recently deleted manually they stay on the icloud for up to 4 days. Then they go away on its own. Well Im saying im noticing theyre not going away on their own. So maybe its a bug in ios 18. where theyre not being deleted on their own after manually deleting it on recently deleted.

Because usually my icloud goes down on its own without me manually backing it up. So I talked to apple and they said yea its cuz the texts delete on the server after 4 days after u delete them manually. But so far I havent noticed the icloud going down on its own so Im guessing the texts arent deleted on the server end

I have same question as well

I legit just said I talked to apple and they told me when u manually delete texts they stay on icloud up to 4 days

They may stay after complete deletion for 4 days or so. But there is no way to verify after that they are still there. There is no way to see that.

How do you know after 4 days they are still there?