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 Message2 - Save3 - Delete4 - Slow Playback5 - Change Volume6 - Fast Playback7 - Rewind8 - Pause/Resume9 - Fast Forward# - Fast forward to end* - Exit​