The last thing you have been expecting from upgrading to iPhone 6s is to accidentally delete text messages which mean so much to you. However, deleting text messages from the iPhone 6s by mistake happens from time to time due to unfamiliar with the new iPhone 6s. No matter how you have deleted text messages from your iPhone 6s by mistake, the first thing you should learn is how to recover the accidentally deleted messages. And remember, never try to sync your iPhone 6s to iTunes for doing so may overwrite and erase data included in the previous backup file. Also, stop using your iPhone when you realized the messages has been deleted carelessly, or newly generated data will be overlapped and erased if you choose to restore deleted text messages from iTunes or iCloud backup file.
Therefore, restore deleted messages from iTunes backup through iTunes is not a good idea.
However, it is possible to recover the deleted messages from iTunes backup file selectively with iFonebox which is specialized iPhone data recovery software. iFonebox now supports recovering Contacts, Notes, Messages, Call History, Reminders, Calendar, Safari Bookmarks, WhatsApp Messages, Messages Attachments, Photos and Voice Memos etc from iPhone, iPad or iPod directly as well as from iTunes or iCloud backup file.
You can download the free trial version of iFonebox to have a try at the beginning and then decide whether to pay for the full version.
Now let’s get down to details about how to recover the deleted iPhone 6s messages from iTunes backup step by step.
Step 1: Install and Launch
Install the full version of iFonebox and start it up. Click on the start-up interface to choose the recovery mode of “Recover from iTunes Backup”. Then the iTunes backup files on your computer will be listed for your selection. Please choose one from which you want to recover your deleted iPhone 6s messages. Usually, the one including most of the data on your iPhone 6s is recommended.
Step 2: Choose to Recover Messages selectively
From the interface presenting all the supported data categories, choose Messages to recover by clicking on the icon for Messages App.
Step 3: Preview and Recover
It will take some time for iFonebox to scan and analyze the data, please wait with patience. After all your messages synced to iTunes are exported, please take a preview and select whatever you want to recover. If you want the deleted items only back, just check “Only display the deleted items” to recover the deleted items only to your computer.
