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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Minute-Expression-96 on 2026-03-14 23:19:06+00:00.
this happened 3 months ago and I still feel sick about it
my phone kept saying storage full. I went thru and started deleting old voicemails. I had like 200. was just swiping thru fast not really looking
deleted maybe 80 before I realized what I was doing. my mom died in 2023 and shed leave me voicemails almost every day. "hi baby just checking in" "hey its mom call me when u can" "just wanted to hear ur voice"
I checked what was left. 6. out of maybe 40 she left me I have 6
I tried everything. called verizon. they cant recover them. tried data recovery apps. nothing. went to a phone repair place and the guy looked at me like I was crazy
the worst part is I dont even know which ones I deleted. I cant remember what she said in them. I just know there were more and now theyre gone because I wanted to download a fucking app
ive since backed up every remaining voicemail to 3 different cloud services. also found out about tools that preserve voice from recordings like pantio and storycorps. trying to figure out what to do with the 6 I have left
if u have voicemails from someone who died please go back them up right now. not tomorrow. right now. it takes 2 minutes and u will never forgive urself if u lose them the way I did
TL;DR: Go back up your voicemail