How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone

Just like other instant messaging apps, WhatsApp makes it possible for iPhone users to share interesting things with their family and friends by simply sending them messages, pictures, videos, or other attachments. Browsing the WhatsApp messages on iPhone, it’s easy to find something interesting and worthy of treasuring, which may be one sentence or just a piece of video.

However, people may easily lose these important WhatsApp messages and attachments when freeing. So in this guide, we provide you an easy and quick method to help you recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone 11/XS/XR/X/8/7/6s, etc.

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Tools to Recover WhatsApp Messages on iPhone

1. PhoneRescue – An easy-to-use data recovery tool for both Android and iOS devices users. With PhoneRescue for iOS, you can directly recover deleted WhatsApp messages from iPhone or retrieve WhatsApp chat history from iTunes or iCloud backup. Additionally, it is free to use it to scan all of your WhatsApp messages on iPhone or iPhone Backup.

2. One Computer (Mac or PC).

3. Your iPhone with its USB cable.

How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages from iPhone without Backup

PhoneRescue for iOS offers you 3 Recovery Modes to ensure the highest success rate of recovering deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone: Recover from iOS Device (even without any backup), Recover from iCloud Backup and Recover from iTunes Backup.

Also, PhoneRescue allows you to preview and select the WhatsApp messages, which means that you can choose the one(s) you prefer most to recover to your iPhone. It supports all the iPhone models, such as the new iPhone 11/11 Pro(Max), and old iPhone XS/XR/X/8/7/6s, etc. And below, we will provide you the steps about how to recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone, even without any backup.

Step 1. Free Download PhoneRescue for iOS (or click the Download button below), install and launch it on the computer.

Step 2. Connect your iPhone to the computer and select Recover from iOS Device. Let PhoneRescue for iOS start scan your iPhone by clicking the button at the bottom right.

Step 3. By default, all categories will be selected. Please uncheck Select All option and then choose WhatsApp. Click Ok to start scanning.

Step 4. After the process is finished, click on WhatsApp and WhatsApp Attachments to view the deleted messages and select the one(s) you want to recover. Click the To Computer button to get them back now.

How to Recover WhatsApp Messages from iPhone with iTunes Backup

If your WhatsApp messages are overwritten, you can’t use method 1 to recover them. In this situation, you can try to retrieve deleted WhatsApp chat from iTunes Backup or iCloud Backup. However, the traditional restoring from iPhone backup will erase all the current data on your iPhone. If recovering WhatsApp messages at the expense of losing more data, do you still want to do that? I believe you won’t.

Fortunately, PhoneRescue for iOS can help you restore WhatsApp data from iPhone backup without wiping any current data. More than anything, it enables you to access and preview backup details so that you can selectively restore what you really want. Now, let’s see how to make it with PhoneRescue.

Step 1. Free Download PhoneRescue for iOS on your computer > Click on Recover from Backup mode > Connect your iPhone to the computer via a USB cable. You can also choose Recover from iCloud backup mode, the steps are similar.

Step 2. Select an iTunes backup, click the Arrow button > Only tick WhatsApp and uncheck other boxes, click OK.

Step 3. Once the scanning process finished, WhatsApp messages in iTunes backup would be displayed. Select messages you want to recover and click the recover button according to your needs.

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Bonus Tip – Easily Transfer WhatsApp from Android to iPhone

You can retrieve missing data with the above methods. It also tells regularly backing up your device would dismiss many files-lost issues. Here, we’d love you to meet AnyTrnas for iOS, which supports a quick and safe solution to transfer WhatsApp from Android to iPhone or computer. Furthermore, if you want to switch your WhatsApp data to a new iPhone, it can help you manage WhatsApp easier. Follow the steps below to backup WhatsApp on Android to iPhone with ease:

1. Download AnyTrans for iOS and run it on your computer > connect your Android and iPhone to the computer via a USB cable.
2. Click on Social Messages Manager > Click on WhatsApp.
3. Choose Android to iPhone > Select the Android phone and the target iPhone.
4. Click on Next button to transfer WhatsApp messages to the iPhone.

The Bottom Line

Actually you can try all of the recover modes of PhoneRescue for iOS to scan your deleted WhatsApp chat history. And if you have some problems when using PhoneRescue to recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone 11/XS/XR/X/8/7/6s, please email our Support for help.