# How to Access Deleted Phone Messages

**This article will show how to access deleted messages on your Cisco phone.**

By default the voicemail system saves deleted voicemail messages for 30 days. To access a deleted voicemail message use the following steps:

- Access your voicemail - it will talk you through the following steps
- Press 3 to review old messages 
    - Press 1 for Saved messages
    - Press 2 for Deleted messages
- Press 1 to review Saved/Deleted messages
- Press 2 to restore as saved

**During Message Playback**

1 - Restart Message  
2 - Save  
3 - Delete  
4 - Slow Playback  
5 - Change Volume  
6 - Fast Playback  
7 - Rewind  
8 - Pause/Resume  
9 - Fast Forward  
\# - Fast forward to end  
\* - Exit  
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