How to recover deleted message from your iPhone device?

I just deleted or lost some messages on my iPhone accidentally, and want to recover the messages urgently, what should i do to retrieve deleted messages?

Now we’re going to talk about it.Following are the methods to recover your messages on iPhone.

First: when you have backup your messages on your iTunes or iCloud, you can retrieve them from iTunes or iCloud directly

Tutorial 1. Retrieve the messages from your backup iTunes file directly.

Step 1. Run iTunes and connect your iPhone with PC.

Step 2. Click “file”› device› restore from backup, and choose iPhone backup in pop -up window.

Step 3. Then iTunes will start to restore the messages in backup to your iPhone.

It’s the fastest way to get back your deleted messages, and it will also get back your out of date messages.

Tutorial 2. Recover the messages from your backup iCloud file directly.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone with WIFI and log in iCloud with your Apple ID and PW.

Step 2. Go to Setting--General--Erase All Content and Settings. When all content and settings are erased, go to set up assistant with a hello screen.

Step 3. Swipe to begin the set up progress, choose the files you need, tap on “Restore Backup”, and confirm with “Restore”.

Remark: when restore your messages from backup iCloud, it’ll require you to erase all the contents and settings on your iPhone.


Second:when you didn’t backup your messages to your iTunes or iCloud,third-party software iRefone can help you with it

iRefone is a third-party data recovery software,it can allows you to scan iPhone directly and get the data back selectively.

Download and install this software and run it in your PC.





Step 1. connect your iPhone with PC, then click start button.



Step 2. Then we enter the interface with icon of text data and media data,and click “message”;
After scanning and analyzing,you can preview and choose the message you need by tap on “recover to PC”




Tips: when you have backup your messages to your iTunes or iCloud, you can also choose iRefone to help you with the restore deleted messages. The advantage is you can preview the messages and choose the one you need to restore, instead of restoring all of them.

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