Almost everybody uses smartphones nowadays. We keep a lot of different kind of data on your smartphones such as images, videos, music, contacts or even messages. Among them, Messages could be pretty important to some of us.
Because sometimes we receive very significant messages from our closed ones. Some of them we need to keep for a long time. But, it is also possible to accidentally delete an important message. It is a very unfortunate way to lose some precious information. But, luckily there are some ways to recover deleted messages from your smartphone. Try this iPhone Manager to back up your iPhone with ease.
And If you are an iPhone user who faced something like that. Don’t worry! Because you are in luck. As in this article, we have compiled all of the working methods of how to recover deleted text messages from iPhone. For your convenience, we have described them in a step by step manner. So, without spending more time, let’s start.
The methods:
There are a lot of methods which you can try to retrieve deleted text messages on iPhone. But, the easiest is to use any third-party software to do that. We recommend using the ‘dr.fone – Recover (iOS Data Recovery)’ software. Because it has very powerful features and very easy to use. With this software, you can recover deleted text messages from your iPhone in three different ways. Let’s learn about them one by one.
1st Method:
How to retrieve recently deleted messages on iPhone:
This is an easy process. But, it has a limitation. You can only recover the messages if you have not overwritten them already. This process works best if you have just deleted an important message and want to retrieve the text message instantly.
Even, if you receive new messages on your iPhone after the incident, those messages will overwrite the deleted messages. Then it won’t be possible to recover the deleted message. So, if you want to recover the deleted texts instantly, it is better to not use the iPhone till you recover the texts. Let’s know how to recover the messages directly from your iPhone.
- Download and install ‘dr.fone – Recover (iOS Data Recovery)’ software on your computer.
- Launch the software on your PC/MAC.
- Connect your iPhone to your PC via USB cable.
- After successful connection, click on ‘Recover from iOS Device’ option, which will be on the top-left corner of the window
- Now, check-mark on the option ‘Messages and Attachments’ as you will retrieve messages
- To start the operation, click on ‘Start Scan’ Then the scan will run instantly
- After the completion of the scan, you will find the preview of all the messages you will be able to recover on the new window
- You can individually select which message you want to recover from the left side tab
- Select the ones you want to retrieve and click on ‘Recover to Computer / Device’
- Then select your preferred folder where you want to recover the deleted messages by clicking on the ‘Browse’ button
- After you have selected the folder just click on ‘Recover’ The recovering process will start immediately
- After finishing the recovery process the folder will open promptly to show you the recovered text messages
2nd Method:
This second process also comes with a drawback. You will be able to recover the deleted messages, only if you have taken a backup of your data via iTunes backup. Other than that it is not possible to recover deleted messages from your iPhone with this process.
Also, the backed up data should be on the same computer which you are using to recover the deleted messages. Assuming that you have taken an ‘iTunes backup’ of your messages.
Let’s learn the second process.
- Launch the ‘dr.fone – Recover (iOS Data Recovery)’ on your computer
- Click on the ‘Recover from iTunes Backup File’ option, which is the second option on the left side of the software window
- On the main window, you will see all of the recent backup files. Select whichever you want to restore and click on ‘Start Scan’. If you don’t find any backup files follow the instructions in the next section
- After scanning is completed, all of the backup files will be available for you to restore
- Now, click on ‘Message and Attachments’ from the left pane
- Finally, click on ‘Restore to Device’ or ‘Recover to Computer’, whichever you prefer
If you don’t find any backup files:
- If you don’t see any backup file, you can find it manually
- To do that click on ‘Select’ option from the bottom of the software
- Then you can browse and find the folder where you took the backup
- After finding the backup file, click on ‘Start Scan’
- After scanning is completed, all of the backup files will be available for you to restore
- Now, click on ‘Message and Attachments’ from the left pane
- Finally, click on ‘Restore to Device’ or ‘Recover to Computer’, whichever you prefer
3rd Method:
We have reached the 3rd method already. Yet, if you have not been able to recover deleted messages from your iPhone. We hope this process will help you.
If you have taken any iCloud backup of your iPhone then this process is for you. Although, you will need to have internet access on your computer to use this method. With this method, it is also possible to retrieve deleted text messages from iPhone selectively. You will get to know this method down below.
- Run the ‘dr.fone – Recover (iOS Data Recovery)’ software on your PC or MAC
- Click on the 3rd option labeled as ‘Recover from iCloud Backup File’
- Enter your iCloudEmail address and password to login to your iCloud account with the dr. Fone software
- After logging in, you will find the backup files on your iCloud account
- Now, select the backup file associated with your iPhone, then from the new pop-up window you will be able to select the ‘Messages’ and ‘Message Attachments’ option individually
- Click on ‘Next’ to start the download process. The download speed will depend on your internet speed
- After the download is finished, click on ‘Scan Download’ This step is to extract the backup file
- After scanning, you will find the preview of all of your messages and attachments From there you can select specifically any messages you want to recover
- To recover select the messages individually, and click on ’Recover to Device’(if you want to recover to your iPhone directly) or ‘Recover to computer’. The recovery method will start immediately
Recover deleted texts from an iCloud backup without software:
This process does not need the help of any third-party software. You can try this method if you have taken backup of your files to iCloud. However, this process has some flaw too.
One of them is that you cannot recover only the messages selectively. You have to restore everything you took backup of.
Another issue with this system is that you have to erase everything from your iPhone. So, it is wise to take a backup before approaching. If you have no option except it, you can try this method as the last resort. But, we will still recommend using ‘dr.fone– Recover(iPhone Data Recovery)’ software. As there is no risk of losing your data.
Warning: Take a backup of your files before trying this method. It will erase everything from your iPhone.
Steps to recover deleted message from iCloud backup:
Make sure that you have taken a backup of your files to your iCloud account. To do that:
- Go to settings on your iPhone
- Then navigate to iCloud
- Tap on ‘Manage Storage’ and tap on ‘Backup’. You will find all of the old backups you have taken already.
After you have found the backup file, which you want to restore. You have to reset your iPhone to factory settings. To do that follow the instructions below:
- Go to Settings on your iPhone
- Navigate to ‘General’ and then select ‘Reset’
- From all of the options tap on ‘Erase All Content and Settings’
- A Warning message will popup, click on ‘Erase iPhone’ to reset your iPhone to factory settings
If you have reset your iPhone to the factory settings. Now is the time to restore your deleted messages from the old iCloud backup file. To do that:
- After the factory reset your iPhone will start as a fresh device
- When you are at the ‘Apps & Data’ screen, tap on ‘Restore from iCloud Backup’
- On the next page, you will find the list of all of the backup you took
- Select the backup file you want to restore and the restoration process will start shortly
If you follow carefully all of the steps we mentioned. You will be able to recover your deleted messages from the iCloud backup file.
Last Words:
We have tried to show you all of the best methods to recover your deleted messages on your iPhone. But, among them we recommend you to use the methods which associate with ‘dr.fone – Recover (iOS Data Recovery)’ software. Because by using those methods you won’t lose any of your data as that software does not overwrite your existing data. We hope this article will help you recover your deleted messages of your iPhone.
