How to Recover Old iMessages on iPhone X/8/7/6/5/4

iMessage is a prevalent instant messaging service among iPhone users, which is developed by Apple. It is quite easy to send iMessages in Messages app on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Compared with the traditional SMS, this instant message service allows you to send photos, videos, audios and text messages through Wi-Fi network or cellular for free. However, we found that many people were searching for the solutions to recover some old iMessages online. Can you get old iMessages back on iPhones? The answer is yes. And you are lucky, because we will show you how to recover old iMessages in this article. If you want to regain the old messages on your iPhone, you can follow this guide.

• 1. Recover old iMessages from iPhone/iPad/iPod
• 2. Recover old iMessages from backup files

How to recover old iMessages from iPhone/iPad/iPod

Solution 1: Recover old iMessages from another Apple device

Let's suppose that you accidentally delete some old iMessages which related to the valuable memories with your girlfriend. The easiest way to get iMessages back is to check your other iOS devices. If you erased old iMessages on your iPhone, you should check the iMessage app on your iPad or Mac that you have logged in the same Apple ID. Sometimes, the messages are deleted in one device, but they are still synced in another one. So, go ahead and check other Apple devices. You can recover deleted or lost old iMessages immediately.

Solution 2: Recover lost old iMessages with message recovery tool

iPhone Data Recovery is a professional message recovery tool for iPhone users. Its key features include:

When you realize you have clean up some old messages, the first thing you should do is to stop what you are doing. This is to avoid the lost messages from being overwritten by new data or files. In fact, even though you have wiped old iMessages from your iPhone, chances are the data contained in messages remain in your device until new data overwrite them. Let's start recovering them right now.

Step 1. Install iMessage recovery software

Download and install the right version of FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery to your computer. Plug your iPhone into your computer using a USB cable. Run the iMessage recovery tool and wait for detecting your iPhone.

Step 2. Scan old iMesssages

Press the Start Scan button to start scanning the old messages. When the process is done, you can preview and select the lost old iMessages in Messages panel.

Step 3. Recover old iMessages to computer

After selected, click on the Recover button. When the explorer pops up, you can decide a location and format to recover old iMessages.

Tip: This message recovery tool is able to retrieve messages in CSV and HTML files. Here you may also want to know how to fix iMessage not delivered error on iPhone X/8/7/6/6s/5.

How to recover old iMessages from backup files

To iPhone users, there are two channels to back up their mobile phones, iTunes and iCloud.

Solution 1: Recover iPhone old iMessages from iTunes backup

The iTunes client does not allow you to preview or select specific iMessages to recover, so we suggest you use the iTunes backup recovery mode of Apeaksoft iPhone Data Recovery to recover your old iMessages.

Step 1. Switch to iTunes backup recovery mode

Open the message recovery program and press the Recover from iTunes Backup File mode on left ribbon. It will detect your iPhone and available iTunes backup files automatically, after connected your iPhone to your computer.

Step 2. Extract old iMessages from iTunes backup

Select the recent iTunes backup file of your iPhone according to date. Then click on the Start Scan button to start extracting data from iTunes backup file.

Step 3. Recover the old iMessages

On the result window, choose Messages option on the left side to display all old messages on right panel. Here you can preview and select the old messages you want to recover. Finally, click on the Recover button to complete old iMessage recovery.

Solution 2: Recover lost old iMessages from iCloud backup

iCloud backup file is another choice to recover old iMessages on your iPhone. Just check out the detail solution as below.

Step 1. Open iCloud backup

Hook up your iPhone to the computer installed the message recovery program. Open the program and go to the Recover from iCloud Backup File mode on interface. Once sign-in your Apple ID and password, all backup files in your iCloud account will show up.

Step 2. Scan old messages in iCloud backup

Choose the latest iCloud backup file of your iPhone and hit the Download button. Then choose Messages and Messages Attachments on the pop-up dialog, press Next to continue.

Step 3. Preview and recover old iMessages

Press the Message option on left side of the result window. Then you can preview the old messages on right detail panel. Check box of each message you want to regain and press the Recover button. A few seconds later, they will be restored to your computer.

Conclusion

Based on the introductions above, you might grasp how to recover old iMessages on your iPhone. With the recommended message recovery tool, you can get lost iMessages back from your iPhone, iTunes backup or iCloud backup. The biggest advantage of using message recovery tool is that you can protect current data on your iPhone. Moreover, this recovery tool permits you to preview and select certain old iMessages for recovery. This could save you a lot of time. In short, when you discover that you accidentally erased important old iMessages, you can follow our guides to get them back easily.