How to Recover Deleted Messages on iPhone: 7 Easy and Effective Methods

In the process of using your phone, you may accidentally delete a few important text messages. Don’t worry, with various methods to recover text messages on iPhone provided in this article, you can retrieve those message contents quickly and easily.

Effective Ways to Recover Text Messages on iPhone

1. Recover messages using iCloud

Using iCloud is considered the most common way to recover messages on iPhones, and it’s the first method you should try. However, the recovery process via iCloud will result in the loss of data due to the need to reset the phone to its default factory settings. It is best to back up the data on your phone to iCloud before proceeding.

Step 1: Go to Settings > Select Apple ID account.

Step 2: Select iCloud > Click on iCloud Backup. 

Step 3: Here, you can clearly see the most recent backups. If you have backed up before deleting the messages, the new messages can be restored.

Step 4: Proceed to restore factory settings to retrieve the backup by going to Settings > Click General Settings > Click Transfer or Reset iPhone.

Step 5: Select Erase All Content and Settings > Click Continue.

Step 6: You need to enter your iPhone password (if any) > Click Complete upload and delete.

Step 7: Patiently wait a few minutes for the iPhone to display the Welcome screen. Then go to Apps and Data > click Restore from iCloud backup > Sign in to your Apple ID account (iCloud).

Step 8: A list of backups will appear in chronological order. Click on the most recent backup that contains the deleted messages to restore.

2. Recover messages using iTunes

The method of recovering messages on iPhone using iTunes only works if you have previously synced and backed up data on your phone before the messages were deleted.

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the laptop with iTunes installed where you have backed up your data.

Step 2: Go to iTunes > Click the phone icon to access the restore interface.

Step 3: In the Backups section, select Restore Backup. The process of restoring the data containing the deleted messages will be activated immediately.

Step 4: Click Restore again. Remember that you need to turn off the Find my iPhone feature before you can restore, by going to Settings > select Apple ID Account > Select Find > Turn off Find iPhone.

Step 5: Enter your password and click OK to complete.

3. Recover messages via PhoneRescue

Step 1: You need to download PhoneRescue on your computer (either Windows or MacBook operating system).

Step 2: Open the downloaded PhoneRescue file > Click Install to install.

Step 3: Click on Start.

Step 4: Select English > Click Getting Started.

Step 5: Continue to click I’m Ready to Start.

Step 6: Proceed to connect your iPhone to your laptop > Click Recover from iOS Device > Click the arrow button.