You can follow below instructions and tips to retrieve WhatsApp Chats on various iPhone models and iOS versions, such as iPhone SE, iPhone 6s/plus, iPhone 6/plus, iPhone 5s/5c/s/4s/4, iPhone 3gp, iOS 9, iOS 8, iOS 7, etc.
Method 1. Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone from recent backups
The WhatsApp chat app makes backups for you automatically. However WhatsApp does not save or store any of your conversation or chat history on their server, thus you can’t expect to get a copy of your chats and messages from WhatsApp. The WhatsApp auto backup would be made every day at 4 AM (your local time). The automatic backup files of WhatsApp chat history and messages are only valid for 7 days after last saved. You can’t find or restore WhatsApp messages that are more than 7 days old. To recover deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone from recent backups, you can simply delete WhatsApp from iPhone, then reinstall it, during this reinstall process you will be prompted either to restore whatsapp messages from the backup or not.
Method 2. Recover WhatsApp Messages from iCloud backup
Since version 2.10, WhatsApp has the built-in iCloud backup feature to back up your chat history so you can restore the chats in the future in case you accidently deleted your WhatsApp conversations and other documents.
Step 1. Tap to run WhatsApp on iPhone.
Step 2. Go to Settings >> Chat Settings >> Chat Backup to ensure you have activated iCloud backup for your WhatsApp chat history. Your last WhatsApp backup on iCloud date and time can also be found there.
Step 3. Go to delete WhatsApp from your iPhone.
Step 4. Reinstall WhatsApp from Apple App Store.
You can restore Whatsapp chat history when you reinstall WhatsApp. Your media, except for your videos, will be backed up and restored as well.
Method 3. Recover WhatsApp Messages without backups
Above methods to recover Whatsapp messages all require an earlier backup was made, either manually automatically. If you have no backups of Whatsapp data, for example you have not synced iPhone to iTunes for long time, you did not enable iCloud on iPhone, can we still recover deleted whatsapp messages, conversation logs, photos, videos and other attachments? Yes, you can. You need professional iPhone recovery software. If you realized your WhatsApp chats were removed by mistake. Make sure not to use your iPhone for new data storage, such as downloading new apps, surfing the web, checking emails, etc. Because these activities will overwrite your deleted data in iPhone’s internal memory, thus cause the permanent lose of WhatsApp Messages. Instead you should use an iPhone data recovery on PC or Mac to recover deleted WhatsApp messages from iPhone to computer.
Here we recommend Wondershare Dr.Fone for iOS, a professional mobile data recovery software. It is the world’s first mobile data recovery tool for consumers’ use in their daily life. And it is still the best-in-class up to date. You can use this tool to restore deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone from its internal memory.
Not only it can help scan your iPhone and recover delete WhatsApp messages, photos, videos and attachments, it can also extract and restore WhatsApp messages from iTunes backup, extract and restore WhatsApp chat history and documents from iCloud server. Download this mobile phone file recovery for iOS below:
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Note: This is a desktop software for Windows or Mac OS X. So make sure to download iPhone recovery on to your computer other than iPhone.
Step 1. Run iPhone WhatsApp Data Recovery software on computer and allow it to scan your iPhone. It is able to scan internal storage of iPhone and recover deleted WhatsApp messages and many other files. See how to recover deleted messages on iPhone here. And this tutorial shows you how to recover iPhone contacts.
Step 2. After scanning, all found files will be grouped into different categories and displayed as shown in below screenshot. From now, you should already know how to how to recover deleted whatsapp messages on iPhone without backup. Simply select WhatsApp conversations, then hit the Recover button to recover WhatsApp messages.
Note that if you can't retrieve delete WhatsApp messages and attachments from the iPhone internal memory directly using this mobile data recovery software, try to switch to "Recover from iTunes Backup File" or "Recover from iCloud Backup File" modes, it can also help you extract and recover WhatsApp messages from iTunes backup on your computer or from your iCloud account.
Method 4. Recover WhatsApp Messages from iTunes backup
If you have previously backed up the iPhone using iTunes either manually or automatically, your WhatsApp Messages should have been stored in the iTunes backup file as well. In order to get back your WhatsApp chats through iTunes, you need to connect your iPhone to computer and restore iPhone using iTunes. Before you are going to retrieve WhatsApp Messages from iTunes backup, make sure to sync iPhone to your PC or Mac in advance, as you may have many new data saved on the iPhone since the last sync. Like the restore from WhatsApp auto backup, this method may lose the newest WhatsApp messages and what’s worse, you will lose many other latest data on iPhone, since it simply rolled back your iPhone to an earlier revision. A better and safer way to recover WhatsApp messages is to use iPhone data recovery software (Review) mentioned above. It can help you select and export WhatsApp messages and other files from iTunes.
Method 1. Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone from recent backups
The WhatsApp chat app makes backups for you automatically. However WhatsApp does not save or store any of your conversation or chat history on their server, thus you can’t expect to get a copy of your chats and messages from WhatsApp. The WhatsApp auto backup would be made every day at 4 AM (your local time). The automatic backup files of WhatsApp chat history and messages are only valid for 7 days after last saved. You can’t find or restore WhatsApp messages that are more than 7 days old. To recover deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone from recent backups, you can simply delete WhatsApp from iPhone, then reinstall it, during this reinstall process you will be prompted either to restore whatsapp messages from the backup or not.
Method 2. Recover WhatsApp Messages from iCloud backup
Since version 2.10, WhatsApp has the built-in iCloud backup feature to back up your chat history so you can restore the chats in the future in case you accidently deleted your WhatsApp conversations and other documents.
Step 1. Tap to run WhatsApp on iPhone.
Step 2. Go to Settings >> Chat Settings >> Chat Backup to ensure you have activated iCloud backup for your WhatsApp chat history. Your last WhatsApp backup on iCloud date and time can also be found there.
Step 3. Go to delete WhatsApp from your iPhone.
Step 4. Reinstall WhatsApp from Apple App Store.
You can restore Whatsapp chat history when you reinstall WhatsApp. Your media, except for your videos, will be backed up and restored as well.
Method 3. Recover WhatsApp Messages without backups
Above methods to recover Whatsapp messages all require an earlier backup was made, either manually automatically. If you have no backups of Whatsapp data, for example you have not synced iPhone to iTunes for long time, you did not enable iCloud on iPhone, can we still recover deleted whatsapp messages, conversation logs, photos, videos and other attachments? Yes, you can. You need professional iPhone recovery software. If you realized your WhatsApp chats were removed by mistake. Make sure not to use your iPhone for new data storage, such as downloading new apps, surfing the web, checking emails, etc. Because these activities will overwrite your deleted data in iPhone’s internal memory, thus cause the permanent lose of WhatsApp Messages. Instead you should use an iPhone data recovery on PC or Mac to recover deleted WhatsApp messages from iPhone to computer.
Here we recommend Wondershare Dr.Fone for iOS, a professional mobile data recovery software. It is the world’s first mobile data recovery tool for consumers’ use in their daily life. And it is still the best-in-class up to date. You can use this tool to restore deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone from its internal memory.
Not only it can help scan your iPhone and recover delete WhatsApp messages, photos, videos and attachments, it can also extract and restore WhatsApp messages from iTunes backup, extract and restore WhatsApp chat history and documents from iCloud server. Download this mobile phone file recovery for iOS below:
Download Windows Download Mac
Note: This is a desktop software for Windows or Mac OS X. So make sure to download iPhone recovery on to your computer other than iPhone.
Step 1. Run iPhone WhatsApp Data Recovery software on computer and allow it to scan your iPhone. It is able to scan internal storage of iPhone and recover deleted WhatsApp messages and many other files. See how to recover deleted messages on iPhone here. And this tutorial shows you how to recover iPhone contacts.
Step 2. After scanning, all found files will be grouped into different categories and displayed as shown in below screenshot. From now, you should already know how to how to recover deleted whatsapp messages on iPhone without backup. Simply select WhatsApp conversations, then hit the Recover button to recover WhatsApp messages.
Note that if you can't retrieve delete WhatsApp messages and attachments from the iPhone internal memory directly using this mobile data recovery software, try to switch to "Recover from iTunes Backup File" or "Recover from iCloud Backup File" modes, it can also help you extract and recover WhatsApp messages from iTunes backup on your computer or from your iCloud account.
Method 4. Recover WhatsApp Messages from iTunes backup
If you have previously backed up the iPhone using iTunes either manually or automatically, your WhatsApp Messages should have been stored in the iTunes backup file as well. In order to get back your WhatsApp chats through iTunes, you need to connect your iPhone to computer and restore iPhone using iTunes. Before you are going to retrieve WhatsApp Messages from iTunes backup, make sure to sync iPhone to your PC or Mac in advance, as you may have many new data saved on the iPhone since the last sync. Like the restore from WhatsApp auto backup, this method may lose the newest WhatsApp messages and what’s worse, you will lose many other latest data on iPhone, since it simply rolled back your iPhone to an earlier revision. A better and safer way to recover WhatsApp messages is to use iPhone data recovery software (Review) mentioned above. It can help you select and export WhatsApp messages and other files from iTunes.
