The various backup features provided by Apple for the iPhone are so robust that you can restore pretty much everything you ever accidentally deleted from your device. Whether you have deleted your precious photos or you accidentally tapped delete on a text message, you can have your content restored in a matter of a few minutes on your device.
In the following guide, you will learn how you can retrieve the deleted text messages on your iPhone. The guide shows methods to retrieve your messages with or without a backup on your device.
Let’s check it out:
Retrieve Deleted Text Messages from iCloud Backup
If you have a backup of your iPhone saved in your iCloud account, you can restore it on your iPhone and all of your deleted text messages will be available on your device. Restoring an iCloud backup requires a fast and stable Internet connection, though. Also, restoring an iCloud backup deletes all the existing data on your iPhone.
If you do not have your important files saved on your device and you do not mindfully erasing your device, here’s how you retrieve your deleted text messages with an iCloud backup.
Step 1. Open the Settings app from the springboard on your iPhone.
Step 2. When the app opens, tap on the option that says General and then tap on Reset. It will open the screen from where you can fully reset your device.
Access the reset menu on your iPhone
Step 3. On the reset screen, tap on the option that says Erase All Content and Settings. It will fully erase your device and prepare it to restore a backup.
Factory reset your iPhone
Step 4. Set up your iPhone as a new device as you would normally do and select Restore from iCloud Backup on the Apps & Data screen.
Restore an iCloud backup on your iPhone
Once you have installed your chosen iCloud backup on your iPhone, you will have all of the messages saved in the backup restored on your device.
Recovery of Deleted Text Messages on iPhone: Restore from iTunes
If you happen to use iTunes to create all your iPhone backups, you can use the app to restore one of your backups that will restore your text messages as well.
Keep in mind though restoring an iTunes backup will erase all the existing data on your iPhone.
The following is how you go about restoring an iTunes backup with your deleted text messages on your iPhone:
Step 1. Launch the iTunes app on your computer and connect your iPhone to your computer using a suitable cable.
Step 2. Click on your device icon in the app to view your iPhone screen.
Access your iPhone in iTunes
Step 3. Select the Summary tab in the left sidebar and then click on Restore Backup in the right panel to restore a backup on your iPhone.
Restore an iTunes backup on your iPhone
Step 4. Choose an iTunes backup from the dropdown menu and click on the Restore button.
Select and restore a backup
Step 5. A prompt will appear notifying you that your existing data will be erased. Click on Restore to start restoring your backup on your device.
Confirm prompt and restore the backup
Within a few minutes, the backup will be fully restored on your iPhone. You will then have all of your deleted text messages available in the Messages app on your device.
The Best Way to Restore Messages by Using PhoneRescue
While the default backup and restore options are really great and they work like a charm, they do not offer the flexibility that users of the iPhone need many times.
The main disadvantages of using iTunes and iCloud to retrieve your deleted text messages is that you need to fully wipe off your device. Secondly, you cannot select particular messages to be restored on the device. The methods will restore all the messages contained in the backup on your iPhone.
If you hate those methods for the above two reasons, you have a great alternate method available at your disposal. Enter PhoneRescue for iOS, an app that allows you to retrieve deleted text messages without a backup on your device. It comes preloaded with tons of features and the following are some of those with regard to restoring your text messages.
- Restore messages without a backup.
- Selectively restore text messages on your iPhone.
- Restore all the messages at once on your iPhone.
- No need to erase your existing data to restore messages.
If that is how you would like to get back your deleted text messages, the following shows how the app can do it for you.
Step 1. Download and install the PhoneRescue for iOS app on your computer.
Step 2. Connect your iPhone to your computer, launch the app, select the option that says Recover from iOS Device, and click on the right-arrow icon.
Recover data from an iOS device using PhoneRescue for iOS
Step 3. Checkmark Messages on the following screen to retrieve your messages and click on OK.
Recover messages with PhoneRescue
Step 4. Select the messages you would like to retrieve and click on the To Device button to restore the messages on your iPhone.
Restore recovered messages on your iPhone
You are all set. The app will restore your chosen messages on your iPhone. You can then launch the Messages app to view these restored messages for yourself.
Conclusion
Getting your deleted text messages restored on your iPhone is pretty easy, thanks to both built-in and third-party ways of doing the task. We hope the guide helps you restore your messages the way you want on your iPhone. sprunki horror Endless Fun Awaits!
