Since WhatsApp for iOS version provides the iCloud backup function, it becomes a common and important function in WhatsApp. But before this, we only use iTunes to backup WhatsApp content on iPhone, now we have more options.
I don't know if anybody has ever encounter some situation that iCloud backup can't work. Sometime maybe the problem of network or the problem of storage space. We write some articles to fix iCloud can't backup before. iTunes backup is always our most reliable and trusted way to backup, and it's always exist on our compute, and it can save your most iPhone data.
The official website of WhatsApp has detailed information on how to restore WhatsApp Chat history from iCloud backup. If you need to know more about it, click here. But we will list some solutions to restore WhatsApp chat messages from iTunes backup in this article.
Restore only WhatsApp Chat message from old iTunes backup by WhatsApp Pocket
WhatsApp Pocket can extract WhatsApp chat messages from iTunes backup without overwriting other iPhone data. We will explain why the iTunes backup overwrite the current iPhone data by iTunes restore function later. Here are three steps to restore WhatsApp Chat message with WhatsApp Pocket.
Step 1: Download the free trail version of WhatsApp Pocket on your computer that you used to back up your device.
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Step 2: Choose your iTunes backup under iTunes Backups tab to scan.
Step 3: After the scanning has completed, you can preview all your WhatsApp chats, WhatsApp contacts, WhatsApp medias, WhatsApp call logs and more in WhatsApp Pocket. Then you can save them on the computer.
Restore WhatsApp Chat message from old iTunes backup by iTunes
iTunes provides the backup and restore function, if you have an old iTunes backup before, you can connect your iPhone and choose the backup to restore to iPhone. After that, all your current iPhone data will be rewritten by the old iTunes backup.
Step 1: Open iTunes on the Mac or PC that you used to back up your device.
Step 2: Connect your iPhone to your computer with a USB cable. And tap on "Trust this computer" on your iPhone.
Step 3: Select Restore Backup... button in iTunes.
Step 4: Choose backup and Click Restore and wait for the restore time to finish.
Keep your device connected after it restarts and wait for it to sync with your computer. You can disconnect after the sync finishes.
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