How To Recover Whatsapp Chat History From iPhone
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Written By Sumona Chatterjee
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Approved By Tanushree Chatterjee
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Updated on 10 Apr, 2023 -
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Summary: Losing the WhatsApp chat history from iPhone can be annoying. It may contain important details, photos, videos, and audio recordings. This post brings easy and quick methods to recover lost or deleted WhatsApp chat on iPhone using Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone.
With social media engulfing our lives, it becomes all the more important to keep track of people close to us through various social media apps, not only personally but professionally as well.
Messaging apps such as WhatsApp gives you total access to chat and share data with your family, friends, and even with your business or work colleagues 24*7. Each day, billions of people all over the globe, chat and share videos, audio, photos, etc. over this one messaging app. Therefore, it contains information that is of great value.
But it is important to know that this app is not fail-safe. Sometimes due to some technical issues, WhatsApp chats and other valuable information gets erased from the phone and chances of recovery are slim. If you are an iPhone user, it is a common scenario that due to tech issues such as jail breaking or when you upgrade your iPhone, your data as well as your WhatsApp chats may get erased from the iPhone.
Losing the chat history which also contains your priceless photos, videos, and audio can be quite frustrating! Hence, recovery becomes imperative! So in order to help you recover the data lost from your iPhone including your WhatsApp chats, we suggest the following steps that can help restore your chat history.
Recover Deleted Messages from WhatsApp Chat iCloud Backup
1- First of all, make sure that you have created a backup of all your WhatsApp chats and data on iCloud. In order to check that, go to the WhatsApp settings and check it on the Chat Backup present in the Chats.
2- Next, uninstall the existing WhatsApp and then reinstall it again from the app store and log in with your number. When you log in, a dialogue box will appear asking you to backup the chats: click on the confirm button to proceed.
Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages Without Backup
1- Download and install iPhone Data Recovery Software by Stellar on your computer and then register the product using the product key.
2- Now after connecting the iPhone, click on Recover from iPhone option. Select the file type you want to recover and click “Next”. The scan will initiate thereafter.
3- Select Only Show Deleted option on the top to focus only on the deleted data. Then select the conversations you want to save. Then click Save.
4- Choose the desired location on your computer where you want to save the files or you can save it directly to your iPhone. Then click OK.
After a wait of 5-10 minutes, the lost data will be saved within form of a HTML page which can be opened using any browser.
Restore Deleted WhatsApp Messages from iTunes Backup
If you have backed up your WhatsApp chats and files in the iTunes app of the iPhone, then you can easily get back all your chats and files easily from it by following the below steps—
1- Open the iTunes app on your computer and then connect your iPhone into it. Next, click on the iPhone icon and then select restore backup. Then select the backup file that contains the WhatsApp messages and then select the recover option.
If you face any difficulty to recover your data from iTunes backup then use Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone to recover lost or deleted Contacts, Call history, Voice Memo, Messages, Notes, Reminders, Calendar, Safari Bookmarks from iOS device iTunes backup file.
Restore Deleted WhatsApp Messages from iCloud Backup
Just like iTunes, you can even back up your files and WhatsApp chats on iCloud present in your iPhone. However, before getting started, make sure that the data and chats are securely backed up in the app from which you have to recover.
1- The first step contains erasing of all the content and settings present in the iPhone. This can be done by going to the general setting present in the iPhone.
2- A setup screen will be displayed. Follow the steps to get to the apps and data, then select on restore from iCloud backup from it.
3- Select the files and data that you wish to backup and then click on the restore button and let the system restore all the backed up data into your phone.
If you face any difficulty to recover your data from iCloud backup then use Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone to recover lost or deleted Contacts, Call history, Voice Memo, Messages, Notes, Reminders, Calendar, Safari Bookmarks from iOS device iCloud backup file.
Conclusion
Losing chats and other data from WhatsApp may lead to a situation of despair. Therefore, to ease you off your worries, the above simple steps will help restore all your chats as well as your lost photos, audio, and videos from your iPhone.
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please i had an issue with my iphone 7 that made me delete and reset everything through factory reset that deletes and erases everything. this was done in like 5days ago..
i have not backed up for a while now either through Whatsapp back or icloud back up or itunes back up..
i signed out from my icloud account and reset the whole phone, after i signed in again into my icloud account and tried to restore back everything but to my amaze i was told my whatsapp wasnt backed up.. i downloaded the whatsapp app and clicked on back up thinking it will give me all my details in respect to my whatsapp chats and media but to my amaze it didnt.
my normal photos and videos too all are not showing in my gallery when i open my photos.
please now i need to restore both my all photos and videos especially and my whatsapp chats at least 6months back chats.
Kindly help me..
Hi Lexis, We would like to inform you that our software works on “what you see is what you can recover”. That means the files will be recovered in the same manner as you were able to see them in the preview window after the scanning is complete. More information you can contact our support through email support [@]stellarinfo.com or call +1-877-778-6087. Thanks!
Hi is it possible to recover a WhatsApp account that I deleted from my iPhone and then reinstated please
Hi Nicky, you simply need to plug it in your device and activate Whatsapp service with the same number. For recovery WhatsApp data, I would suggest you can try our software demo version and see the preview of recovered files. More information you can contact our support team through email support[@]stellarinfo.com or call at +1-877-778-6087.
i accidently replaced my Whats app backup from an older phone – can i recover this?
Hi Zayd, Make sure that the data and chats are securely backed up in the app which you want to recover from iCloud or iTunes then you use our software from your iOS device.
i want to restore deleted wats app chat history about 40 day old ,i have tried all software but can;d succeed , i am using Iphone 5 10.1.1 ,want to retrieve data from I cloud, without device,
Hi Farzan, There are two ways: Download iCloud Backup without Device using iCloud.com
1. Sign into iCloud.com on a PC or Mac. Open the iCloud Drive, Pages, Numbers, Photos, or Keynote app.
2. Look for the document and select the files.
3. Click the downside arrow symbol or select “Download Document” from the action menu. The document will be saved to the default “Downloads” location.
How do I restore my chat and photos on Whatsapp if my iPhone is not able to turn on.? I didn’t have backup on Whatsapp , iCloud or iTunes. What should I do and please help.
Hi Eve, If you don’t have back from iTunes or iCloud it’s hard to recover. You can try our software demo version to see the preview your lost or deleted files!
Will this work for overwritten data? i want to recover some chats from 3 years ago. is this possible?
Hi Claudiu, It’s hard to recover overwritten data. No, our software does not work for overwritten data. If you want to recover your deleted chat history without overwritten or you have a backup on iCloud or iTunes. Please try our software demo version to scan & preview your deleted chat history.
I had lost my WhatsApp’s chat and history on iPhone 6S, I did update overnight, I used Stellar to recover chat history. I happy to recover chat history. I recommend this software. Thanks!
Dear Kelly, Thanks for using our software!
Can I recover all Whats-app text messages and videos from my iPhone X?
I reformat my iPhone 6 and forgot to backup my what’s up history is there a way I can still get the messages
Hello Joseph,
No need to worry. If you forgot to take the backup, our reliable iPhone data recovery will help you.
Below are the working steps for “Stellar Recovery for iPhone” software to better assist you.
1) Download and Install the software.
2) Connect the iPhone, click on recover and scan initiate.
3) Select the button “Only Show Deleted” for deleted data. Select the Whatsapp from the left pane and select the conversation you want to save. Click Save button available on right below.
4) Choose the desired location to save the files.Then Click OK.
5) Lost data saved in HTML format, please open using any browser.
Recently I used iPhone data recovery software from Stellar.
Few of the features which I really like are:
1) Recover missing data after jailbreak or ROM flashing
2) Recover after iOS update
3) Data Recovery even after device locked or forgotten password
Hello Josua,
Thanks for liking the software and sharing your feedback with us.