Can I recover deleted text messages from iPhone without backup? I accidentally deleted some text conversations on my iPhone and they weren't backed up to iCloud or iTunes, I've tried using a few free 'iPhone recovery tools' to retrieve deleted messages on iPhone but none of them really works. I read that the messages won't be deleted and are just archived, how can I recover deleted text messages on iPhone? Or should I try a iPhone data recovery that needs to pay?
If you delete iPhone text conversations or messages by accident, you might want to get them back. Recovering deleted text messages from iPhone without backup can be difficult, but it is possible. Before introducing the three methods to recover deleted text messages from iPhone, let’s talk about why is it possible to get deleted messages back. So this article’s main content includes below two parts:
Before you recover iPhone deleted text messages, you have to know that after you remove a message from iPhone, the message doesn't really get deleted. Because the deleted messages is technically marked for deletion by the system and hidden so that they become invisible to us. So deleted messages still stays somewhere on iPhone and you can retrieve them as long as you find those marked and hidden messages files. That’s why you can recover deleted text messages and get them back from your iPhone.
How to find those marked and hidden messages files, and retrieve invisible text messages on iPhone? Actually, there are three ways to retrieve lost or deleted messages of iPhone. If you have a previous backup saved with iTunes or your iCloud, you are able to restore your iPhone text messages from backup. Otherwise, you will need to use a third party iPhone data recovery software or SMS recovery software and restore the deleted message from your iPhone to your computer. Keep reading to learn more about each method.
If you are wondering about the way without the using of iTunes or iCloud backup, you can choose one of the best iPhone data recovery software such as FoneLab iPhone Recovery to restore deleted iPhone messages. FoneLab iPhone Recovery for Mac is such a professional iPhone data recovery tool which allows you to preview and recover deleted calendar events, messages, contacts, call history, Safari bookmarks, notes and reminders on Mac from iOS devices by scanning your device and listing all the marked and hidden files, no iTunes or iCloud backup copy is required.
You can follow below detailed tutorials to recover deleted text messages from iPhone without backup.
How to recover deleted text messages from iPhone without backup:
Before you get iPhone text messages from iCloud, does iCloud backup text messages? Absolutely yes! As we all know, iCloud can backup iPhone or iPad files including:
Another thing you have to make sure is that this option isn't available for everyone. Some phone carriers have this option locked down, and iCloud SMS backup is not available for all countries. If you have backed up your messages to iCloud, you can use below steps to recover iPhone lost or deleted messages from iCloud.
This works only if you automatically back up your iPhone to iTunes. If not, you’d better turn to Method 1.
You can also use FoneLab iPhone Recovery to recover iPhone text messages from iTunes backup files, using this program is more convenient and faster for you to recover deleted files from iPhone including latest iPhone, follow below steps to use this iPhone data recovery to retrieve deleted text messages from iTunes backup.
In conclusion, if you back up your iOS device to iCloud or iTunes, you can choose Method 2 and Method 3 to help you retrieve your deleted iPhone messages. If you haven’t backup your messages or text conversations, don’t worry, Method 1 will help you to recover deleted text messages from iPhone without backup.
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Allan Sampson
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Stanly
Can I recover deleted messages from IOS devices?iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1
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Rosa Reyes
Hi, Maggie, this app is only for Mac, you can't run it on Windows.
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