How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone

“Hi. How to recover deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone 5? I deleted some WhatsApp messages on my iPhone 5, can I recover them? Any help will be appreciated.”—Jessica

As is known to all, WhatsApp is an excellent app that not only allows you to chat with your friends anytime you want, but also allows you to send or receive files like movies, music, photos, and so on, to or from other users. So, if WhatsApp messages are deleted, can they be recovered? The answer is YES; and the tool you need is iPhone Data Recovery, a practical iPhone WhatsApp Message Recovery.

About iPhone Data Recovery
1. Recover WhatsApp messages from iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, 5S, 5C, 6, and 6 Plus
2. Retrieve WhatsApp messages and the attachment from iPhone 4 and 3GS
3. Provides three valid methods to recover deleted WhatsApp Messages from iPhone

The paragraphs below will introduce three methods to recover lost WhatsApp messages with the iPhone data recovery. Here we go.

Part 1: recover deleted whatsapp messages on iPhone directly
Part 2: retrieve deleted whatsapp messages from iTunes backup
Part 3: restore lost whatsapp messages from iCloud backup

Part 1: How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages from iPhone directly

Step 1. Run the iPhone data recovery

Download this iPhone WhatsApp Messages Recovery to your computer files, install it, and connect your iPhone to the computer, run the software, select recover from iOS device mode

Step 2. Scan the iPhone

Next, after the software recognize your phone, you can click Start Scan to scan your device

Note: If you are using iPhone 4 or 3GS, you need to enter DFU mode before you can scan your iPhone, all instructions are written in the window, just follow the instructions to enter scanning mode.

Step 3. Recover deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone

The scan may take a little while if there is a great amount of data on your device. After that, all files will be listed in categories on the left sidebar, go to the WhatsApp category to preview and select messages you need, click Recover to restore them. Soon, you will have the lost whatsapp messages back to your computer.

Part 2: Retrieve Deleted WhatsApp Messages from iTunes Backup

Note: Only if you have synced your iPhone to iTunes before you lost the WhatsApp messages can you perform this recovery.

Step 1. Select recovery mode

Run this iPhone data recovery, select recover from iTunes backup files mode.

Step 2. Scan the backup

After you enter the scanning mode, you can see all the backups on your computer listed in the window, select the one you want to retrieve WhatsApp messages from, click Scan to scan the backup files for the WhatsApp messages.

Step 3. Preview and restore WhatsApp messages from iTunes backup

The scan will be finished in a few minutes. After that, you can preview the WhatsApp messages found on the backup, tick the items you need, and hit Recover to extract them from the backup files.

Part 3: Recover deleted WhatsApp messages from iCloud backup

Like Part 2, you can recover lost WhatsApp messages from iCloud backup with this iPhone data recovery if you backup the messages to iCloud, the steps are just similar to the steps on Part 2, so here, I will not go to details. If there is any problem, just leave your comment below.

More about iPhone Data Recovery

Supported devices:
iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5S, 5C, 6, and 6 Plus with the lasted iOS 8.1
All iPad models
iPod Touch 4 and 5

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