How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone

After using WhatsApp for a long time, WhatsApp has taken up a large number of your iPhone space. To free up storage space, you may choose to clear WhatsApp messages and caches.

Now, you have enough storage space on your iPhone, but you also lost important WhatsApp messages. How can you recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone? This guide provides you with two ways to get deleted WhatsApp messages back. Let’s get started.

How to recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone from iCloud

iCloud is the most widely used tool for backing up your iPhone. Whether you use iCloud to backup only WhatsApp or backup your entire iPhone, you can restore deleted WhatsApp messages by restoring the iCloud backup.

Now, make sure you have the latest iCloud backup, and follow the steps below to know how to retrieve deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone from iCloud.

Restore only WhatsApp backup on iPhone from iCloud
Step 1. On your iPhone Settings > Tap [your name] > iCloud > Make sure iCloud Drive is enabled.

Step 2. Uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp on your iPhone > Verify your phone number.

Step 3. Tap Restore Chat History > Follow the onscreen instructions to restore WhatsApp backup.

After restoring the WhatsApp backup to your iPhone, click the relevant chat to view the accidentally deleted messages on WhatsApp.

Restore all iCloud backup to iPhone
To avoid data loss, it is recommended to manually enable iCloud backup before the data restoration task. Reset iPhone to factory settings, and restore iCloud backup to iPhone to get deleted WhatsApp messages retrieved.

Step 1. Setup your iPhone > When you head to Set Up your iPhone page, choose Restore from iCloud Backup.

Step 2. Enter your Apple ID and password > Choose the latest iCloud backup to restore.

How to recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone without backup

If you didn't make a WhatsApp backup before deleting messages from your iPhone WhatsApp, you might be wondering how to recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone without backup.

Now the only way is to utilize WhatsApp data recovery software to get deleted WhatsApp messages back. Just for an example, the followings will tell you how to recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone using FoneTool.

Free download and install FoneTool on your computer, and follow the steps below to know how to recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone without backup.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the computer. When it is detected successfully, click on Trust on your iPhone to let your computer access iPhone data.

Step 2. Launch FoneTool, and click Toolbox from the left pane > Choose iOS Data Recovery function.

Step 3. You can check all app-related file types, like App Documents, and click Start  Scan. 

Step 4. Wait for the scanning process to complete, and you can preview and select the deleted WhatsApp data you'd like to recover > Finally, click Recover to PC to get them back, and you can check them on your computer.

Bonus: Backup iPhone WhatsApp to PC without data loss

Hope you can successfully recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone with or without backup. To avoid such issue happening again, you can also try FoneTool's WhatsApp Backup function.

Compared with the default WhatsApp backup tool - iCloud, FoneTool provides you with a quick and simple way to backup WhatsApp without network limitation. Besides, with the help of FoneTool, you are able to backup your WhatsApp files to local computer folder, external hard drive, NAS, etc. as per you prefer.

Step 1. Launch FoneTool on your computer > Connect your iPhone to PC with USB > Tap Trust on your iPhone to let your PC access iPhone files.

Step 2. Choose WhatsApp Manager from the homepage of FoneTool > Choose WhatsApp > Mouse over to Backup WhatsApp and click Get Started.

Step 3. Optionally, you can enable backup encryption and select a storage path > Click Start Backup to begin the task.

How can you browse, restore, or delete the backup? Simply head to Backup History page in FoneTool, and you can make it.

Conclusion

That’s all for the two ways to recover deleted WhatsApp messages on iPhone. In conclusion, you are able to restore iCloud backup to iPhone or rely on a WhatsApp data recovery tool to make it. If this guide is helpful, please share it with others.