Access Group Messages from iCloud Backup

Want to view your group messages from iCloud backup? Do you know how to access group messages from iCloud backup?

Generally, we couldn’t access our iCloud backup directly, so we couldn’t view our iPhone data from iCloud backup directly. But someone may see we can log in iCloud on PC, when we can see it, but with small image icon, and we couldn’t see it clearly. What should we do? If so, why should we done backup on iCloud?

Don’t be sad, there are two ways can help us access group messages from iCloud backup. And we’ll show you in this page, but if you want to access and view group messages directly from iCloud backup, you can just refer to method two in below page.

Method 1. Restore Group Messages from iCloud Backup

As we could access iCloud backup directly, but we can restore those group messages from it first, then we check it.

1.Open your iPhone, and connect it with Wifi.

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.

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



Remark: it doesn’t support us to restore our iPhone data selectively, and it will need us to erase all content and settings. So if you’re afraid of losing some other iPhone data, you can backup them first.

Method 2. Access Group Messages from iCloud Directly

Here, if you want to access your group messages from iCloud backup directly and selectively, we’ll need the help of iRefone.

iRefone is an excellent iOS data recovery software, which can recover as well as backup more than 16 kinds of files, including contacts, notes, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and it allows us to preview them before restoring.

And it can be compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod, now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, choose “Recover from iCloud Backup”, and log in it with your Apple ID and password.



Step 2. When log in, we can see all your backup files on your iCloud, click “Download” at the end of the files you need.



Step 3. After downloading, we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Message” icon, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 4. Wait a few seconds for scanning and analyzing, then you can preview and choose group messages you need, tap on “Recover to PC”.



Remark: when you lost some messages or other iPhone data without any backup,iRefone can also help you retrieve them.

For detailed steps, you can check below article for reference:

Recover Lost iPhone Messages after Updating to iOS 10?