iMessage is a good app that allows users to send and receive free messages, however, accident deleting iMessages often happens. So, is it possible to recover deleted iMessages on iPhone? The answer is YES. You can recover deleted iMessages from iPhone in three methods.

To retrieve deleted iMessages from iPhone, the tool you need is the iPhone data recovery, the most efficient iMessage recovery software

1. Recover iMessages directly from iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 5S,5C, 5,4s,4, and 3GS
2. Retrieve deleted iMessages including text contents, attachments and emoji
3. Can recover iMessages from iTunes and iCloud backup
4. Allow to preview and selectively recover lost iMessages without quality loss
5. Read-only and risk-free

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Part 1.Recover Deleted iMessages from iPhone directly

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the iPhone Data Recovery

Download and install the iMessages recovery software to your computer first, then connect your iPhone to the program via USB cable. Launch the iPhone iMessages Recovery, select recover from iOS device mode.

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Step 2. Scan your iPhone

Next, after your iPhone is connected to the software, click Scan to scan your device for the iMessages.

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Note: If you are using iPhone 4, 3GS, or 3G, you need to enter DFU mode to scan the device, the program will instruct you to enter scanning mode step by step.

Step 3. Retrieve deleted iMessages from iPhone

After the scan is done, you can preview the iMessages found on your device; tick the items you need, and click Recover button to restore the iMessages from iPhone.

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Part 2: Retrieve Deleted iMessages from iTunes Backup

As is known to all, iTunes can backup your data automatically when you connect your device to your computer. When you lose data, you can restore data from iTunes backup. As for recovering deleted iMessages from iTunes backup, you get two ways to restore: recovering lost iMessages from iTunes selectively, and restore the entire backup. Below will show you how to use iPhone Data Recovery to retrieve iMessages from iTunes backup selectively.

Step 1. Extract iMessages from iTunes backup

Run the iPhone Data Recovery, select Recover from iTunes backup files mode. All the backups on your computer will be listed after you enter the recovery mode. Select the backup you want to extract iMessages from, and click Scan to extract iMessages from the backup.

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Step 2. Preview and restore the iMessages

When the scanning is over, all the files you backup before will be listed in details on the left sidebar, go to Messages folder to preview the iMessages, select those you need, and hit Recover to restore iMessages from iTunes backup.

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Like recovering iMessages from iTunes, you can also restore the iMessages from iCloud backup selectively with this iPhone data recovery. Here, I will not go to details and please refer the steps above to retrieve iMessages from iCloud backup if there is a need.

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More about the iPhone data recovery:

Supported devices:
iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 5S, 5C, 5, 4S, 4, and 3GS, 3G; iPad Mini (1 &2), iPad Air, iPad 3, iPad; iPod Touch 5, iPod Touch 4

Supported content:
Text content: Contacts, Messages, Call history, Calendar, Notes, Reminder, WahtsApp History, Safari bookmark, App Documents
Media content: Camera Roll, Photo Library, Photo Stream, Voice memos, Message attachments, WhatsApp Attachments, Voicemail, App Photos, App Videos

How to Recover Deleted iMessages on iPhone
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