How to Recover Deleted Messages from iPhone

Many iPhone users may ask similar question about iPhone text messages recovery:

“how to restore lost text messages from iPhone? After update your iPhone  X to iOS 14 cause lost text messages, how to recover iPhone iMessages after iOS 14 update? Is there any easy way to restore deleted text messages from iPhone 11/XS/XR/X/8/7 on Mac?”

Accidentally delete text messages on your iPhone? Lost your iPhone Text Messages due to iOS 13 or iOS 14 upgrade? Once your iPhone was lost or stolen and want to restore lost iPhone messages? No matter what happen,you still have chance to recover iPhone iMessage and SMS/MMS with the help of iPhone Text Messages Recovery app. This article mainly teach you how to restore text messages from your iPhone 11/XS, iPhone XR/X, iPhone 8/7 in three recovery modes.

The First iOS Data Recovery: Restore Text Messages from iPhone with Dr.Fone iOS Data Recovery

Dr.Fone iOS Data Recovery and iOS Data Recovery for Mac,both Supports Recover iPhone Text Messages Under Various Data Loss Situations:

iPhone text messages deleted situation,You can surely count on it to get all your deleted messages back as soon as possible:
-Recover iPhone messages after accidentally delete on your iPhone device.
-Restore Lost SMS on iPhone after new iOS update or jailbreaking failure on your iPhone.
-Get backup lost SMS,iMessages after resetting iPhone to factory settings.
-Retrieve Lost messages after your iPhone got broken, crashed, smashed, water damaged, iPhone is inaccessible, but it can be recognized while connected with PC/Mac.
-iPhone continuously looping recovery mode, stuck in Apple logo, black/white screen,and get lost iPhone data back.
-Restore iPhone Text Messages due to your iPhone locked but forget the password.
-Extract and restore iPhone messages from backup via iTunes or iCloud.
-Virus attack your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch.
-Recover Messages from iPhone 11, iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone X/8, iPhone 7/6S based on iOS 14, iOS 13, iOS 12, iOS 11,etc.

What’s more,Dr.Fone iOS Data Recovery also allows you recover lost contacts, photos, videos, imessages, notes,ect from iPhone, iPad and iPod in three recovery modes:



Recover data from iOS Device directly - Connect your iOS Device to computer and you can scan your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch directly to recover deleted data.
Recover data from iTunes Backup - Find your computer iTunes backup automatically and scan the backup to recover your lost data.
Recover data from iCloud Backup - Log in to your icloud, download the iCloud backup then scan it to recover the deleted files.

Part 1: Directly Recover Deleted SMS from iPhone with Dr.Fone iOS Data Recovery

Get an iPhone SMS Recovery tool at first: iPhone Data Recovery (Mac), or iPhone Data Recovery (Windows),and start to scan and recover deleted text messages from iPhone 11/XS/XR/X/8/7/6S/6 only 3 steps.

    

Step 1. Connect iOS Device with Computer

Use the USB cable that comes with your iOS device to connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, to your computer. Then launch Dr.Fone on your computer and choose "Data Recovery".

Once the program detects your device, it will show you the window as follows.

Tips: Before running Dr.Fone, you're supposed to download the latest version of iTunes. To avoid the automatically sync, don't launch iTunes when running Dr.Fone. I suggest you to disable the automatical syncing in iTunes beforehand: launch iTunes > Preferences > Devices, check “Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically”.

Step 2. Scan Your Device for Lost Data on It

Simply click the "Start Scan" button to let this program scan your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to scan for deleted or lost data. The scanning g process may last a few minutes, depending on the amount of data on your device. During the scanning process, if you see that the data you're looking for is there, then you can click the "Pause" button to stop the process.

Step 3. Preview and Recover the Scanned Data

The scan will take you some time. Once it's completed, you can see a scan result generated by the program. Data both lost and existing on your device are displayed in categories. To filter out the deleted data on your iOS device, you can swipe the option "Only display the deleted items" to ON. By clicking the file type in the left side, you can preview the found data. And you can see there is a search box on the top right of the window. You can search for a specific file by typing a keyword in the search box. Then save the data to your computer or your device by clicking the recovery button.

Tips: About recovering data

When you find the data you need, just put the check mark in front of the box to select them. After then, click the "Recover" button at the bottom right of the window. By default, the recovered data will be saved to your computer. As for text messages, iMessage, contacts, or notes, when you click Recover, a pop-up will ask you to "Recover to Computer" or "Recover to Device". If you want to put these messages back to your iOS device, click "Recover to Device".

Important Note: This Dr.Fone iOS Data Recovery software also can help you to recover contacts, photos, video, notes,etc.from iPhone directly,and restore iPhone data from iTunes/iCloud backup files.

The Second iOS Data Recovery: Recover Lost iPhone SMS With FoneLab iOS Data Recovery

The second powerful iPhone data recovery software name FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery and FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery(Mac),both not only can help you Recover Deleted Text Messages from iPhone and iTunes,but also supports restore other lost data from your iPhone 11/XS/XR/X/8/7/6S/6/5S/5  directly,like contacts(phone numbers), photos, notes, call history, videos, whatsapp,etc.

   

Part 2: Recover Lost iPhone Text Messages With FoneLab iOS Data Recovery

 1 Launch Program

First of all, you should download and install the program on your computer. And then Launch it. Both PC and Mac versions are available.

2 Scan Data

There are three recovery modes:

◆ For Recover from iOS Device mode, connect you device to computer via USB cable, and then click Start Scan.

◆ For Recover from iTunes Backup File mode, select an iTunes backup file from the backup list, and then click Start Scan.

◆ For Recover from iCloud Backup File mode, log in iCloud with your Apple ID and password, and then select an iCloud backup file from the backup list to scan.

3 Select Data

Click the file type in the left panel to preview the details, and then check the boxes of the data which you want to recover.

4 Recover Data

Click the blue Recover button in the bottom right corner. The retrieved data will be saved to your computer.

  

Tips About iPhone Group Messaging:

How to enable/disable Group Messaging on iPhone

Group messaging on an iPhone is generally sent by iMessage if all recipients have enabled the iMessage. If not, the group conversation will be sent as MMS, even when the content is text only. It's very easy to enable or disable Group Messaging on iPhone.
Just go to Settings > Messages > tap to ON/OFF Group Messaging. You can disable Group Messaging in Settings > Messages.
How to leave the group chat on an iPhone

If you don't want to be bothered by useless group messages, you can easy leave a group message on your iPhone. Set it as follows.
1. Go to "Settings", and then choose "Messages".
2. You can see the "Group Messaging" under the "SMS/MMS" group there. Turn off the "Group Messaging".
3. Delete a group message of which you had previous been a part by opening the Messages application on your iPhone. Tap the conversation once and then the "Edit" icon in the top right corner of the screen.
4. Tap the "Clear All" button in the top left corner of the screen and then "Clear Conversation" in the pop-up window to delete the entire group message. This action is permanent and cannot be reversed.

Related Use Guide For iOS Data Recovery:

How to Recover Deleted Contacts from iPhone

How to Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone