How to View Deleted or Lost Text Messages/iMessages from iPhone
Apple gives options for iPhone users to back up data to iTunes and iCloud. In case you lose iPhone text Messages/iMessages due to various factors, you can still recover them from backup. However, you may wonder whether you can view your deleted text messages without backup. With the help of iPhone Data Recovery program, you can directly view all Text Messages or iMessages from your iPhone, (including the deleted message) even without having to access iTunes backup and iCloud backup.
After you installed and run iPhone Data Recovery software on your computer, you can choose the mode of Recover from iOS Device. It can identify the deleted files in your iPhone, and easily scan and recover them before they are overwritten. The other two recovery modes are recovering data from iTunes and iCloud backups, and you can also view and restore deleted information from backups. Whether you are suffering from iPhone text messages/iMessages loss due to accidental deletion, system crash, external damage, or more, iPhone Data Recovery is versatile enough to handle the situation. As the software scans the iPhone for deleted and existing information, you can preview and select them freely. Apart from viewing and recovering deleted messages from iPhone, iPhone Data Recovery also supports previewing all data in iTunes and iCloud backups. After viewing and selecting the messages you need, you can freely choose the data and recover them on your computer without overwriting any data.
More Features about iPhone Data Recovery:
- Best iOS data recovering and backing up tool to recover and backup iOS data to PC or Mac.
- Three recovery mode to recover iPhone data.
- Recover files over 22+ types for iPhone iPad iPod.
- Fix iOS system and get it back to normal.
- Transfer WhatsApp messages between two iOS devices, back up or restore WhatsApp messages in one-click.
How to View Deleted Text Messages/iMessages from iPhone Directly
Step 1. Choose recovery mode
Download, install the iPhone data recovery software on your computer and launch it, you will see four features on the homepage, tap the feature of "iPhone Data Recovery", then the software will go to default mode "Recover from iOS Device". Connect your iPhone to the software and unlock your iPhone, press "Trust" on iPhone screen and the software will detect your iPhone, you can see some info for iPhone, you can tap "Start Scan" button to scan iPhone internal memory.
Step 2. View messages
The software will take some time to scan iPhone, after scanning, you can see all data type like photos, videos, messages, notes, call logs, whatsapp, kik, line, viber and more on left sidebar, you can tap "Messages" and "Message Attachments" to view existing and erased text messages/iMessages on the right, tap "Only display the deleted item(s)" to show erased messages, you tap each messages and view it in detail. If you want to recover them, you can mark all messages you want and click "Recover" to download it to computer.
How to View Deleted Text Messages/iMessages from iTunes/iCloud Backup
We know iTunes and iCloud backup can’t be readed directly, so we can use iPhone data recovery software to extract it and view text messages/iMessages.
Step 1. Choose recovery mode to extract backup
Run the iPhone data recovery tool and tap "iPhone Data Recovery" feature. To extract iTunes backup, we can choose the recovery mode "Recover from iTunes Backup", then the software will show all iTunes backup which store on computer, choose one backup contain the messages you want and click "Start Scan" to extract it.
To extract iCloud backup, we can choose the recovery mode "Recover from iCloud Backup", then use Apple ID and password to login iCloud account, then tap "iCloud Backup" option, then click "Start", the software will list all iCloud backup on new screen, choose one backup and click "Download" to get it to PC, then tap same button to extract it.
Step 2. View backup in detail
Wait for some time, the software will finish the extracting process, you can tap "Messages" and "Message Attachments" to view detail information on scan result for text messages and iMessages. To save them to computer for use, you can mark all messages you want and click "Recover" button, choose a target folder to save them to PC.
