How Can I Recover Deleted Text Messages from iPhone

Can I access text messages if they have already been deleted on my iPhone? I want to see one of the text messages and I don’t know what to do. Please help me, thanks.

When iPhone users want to view the lost or deleted text messages on their iPhone, they won’t be able to do that easily as iPhone doesn’t provide a trash bin or something to save the deleted files. If the text messages contain very important information, the users will want to find a way to recover deleted text messages from iPhone.

If the text messages haven’t been deleted for long, iPhone users can use iTunes to restore their iPhone to see whether the text messages are retrieved. If the iPhone users regularly update their iPhone backup, they will probably get the lost text messages back. The text messages are saved in the iTunes backup, accompany with iPhone contacts, reminders and so on. The iPhone backup will be saved on your computer, but the contents in the backup can’t be viewed on your computer, so you will have to restore the whole backup to your iPhone. If you are new to iOS devices, the following guidance will show you how to restore iPhone with iTunes:

1. Start iTunes and go to “Edit > Preferences > Devices”, and check “Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically”.

2. Plug iPhone into computer via USB cable, and iTunes will launch automatically. If not, you need to start it manually.

3. iTunes will recognize your iPhone, and display the iPhone icon at the upper right corner. Click the iPhone icon, and choose “Restore Backup” in the summary panel.

4. iTunes will warn you to erase all the iPhone settings and contents. Clean your iPhone contents and click “Restore” at the bottom.

When the restoring process is finished, your iPhone will restart. Then you will get the contents back in your iPhone. You can check whether the lost messages are back. In certain occasions, your lost messages won’t back to your iPhone because you might update the iPhone backup after the messages are gone.

In fact, you have another method to recover deleted text messages from iPhone. You don’t have to use iTunes to restore the whole backup, but just take advantage of the third-party iPhone data recovery program to find the lost messages back. People can find various kinds of data recovery programs for iOS devices, and among these programs, Leawo iOS Data Recovery is one of the best. This software is used for recovering deleted files from iOS devices and iTunes backups, and it exports the recovered files to computer in viewable files. The following guidance will show you how to recover deleted text messages from iPhone, and you are allowed to free download the software to have a try.

Step 1 Choose Recovery Mode

Run Leawo iOS Data Recovery on your computer, and you will see 3 recovery modes in the main interface. Choose “Recover from iOS Device” and connect iPhone to computer with the USB cable. The software will recognize and analyze your iPhone.

Step 2 Select Text Messages

After the analysis of the iPhone, Leawo iOS Data Recovery will scan the contents in your iPhone. Choose “Messages” when the scan is done, and check “Only display deleted items” at the left bottom. Check the deleted text messages you want to recover in the right part, and then click the “Recover” button.

Step 3 Choose Target Folder

A dialog pops up after the recover button is clicked. Click “Open” in the dialog to choose a folder on your computer to save the exported files. Then click “Go” to start recovering deleted text messages from iPhone.

When the recovering process is done, you will get the recovered files in the target folder. The messages will be saved in a CSV file and an HTML file, and can be viewed on your computer easily. Leawo iOS Data Recovery helps to recover various kinds of data from iOS devices, but also helps to extract files from iTunes backups. For example, you are able to extract photos from iPad backup to computer. If you are interested in this software, just free download the software to have a try.

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