For some WhatsApp users, in order to protect privacy data or free up WhatsApp storage space on iPhone, we usually need to delete some WhatsApp message. If you deleted a WhatsApp messages by mistake, how to get it back? If you have no idea, this article will provide some solutions to help you retrieve and recover deleted WhatsApp messages?
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Contact the WhatsApp contact to send the message again
If the WhatsApp contact who sent the message still has those data, please contact them to send it again.
Check WhatsApp attachment in iPhone Camera Roll
If the deleted WhatsApp message is a media attachment such as a photo or video, have a try to check if the iPhone Camera Roll has stored them. If you have the "Save to Camera Roll" option turned on in WhatsApp Settings -> Chats, all downloaded photos and videos you receive will be automatically saved to your iPhone's Camera Roll.
Check WhatsApp data backup status
Go to WhatsApp Settings -> Chats -> Chat Backup, then check the last backup date. If the backup is after the message is sent but before the deletion, then the backup contains the deleted WhatsApp message. And then you need to remove WhatsApp application from the iPhone, and download and install WhatsApp again, then restore WhatsApp data from iCloud backup in the setup step.
Or check your iPhone backup on the local computer, if the iTunes and Finder has backed the entire iPhone data. If so, you can restore all iPhone data from the old iPhone backup. If you just want to retrieve a deleted WhatsApp message, not restore all iPhone data. You can use WhatApp Pocket application to read WhatsApp backup data from the iCloud backup or iTunes backup, download and install WhatsApp Pocket on your computer, it will automatically detect iTunes and iCloud backup.
Select an iTunes or iCloud WhatsApp backup to scan, it will read all WhatsApp data in the backup, and then select them to save.
Retrieve a deleted WhatsApp message from iPhone database
If you don't have any WhatsApp backup before deletion, you still have a chance to retrieve deleted WhatsApp messages from iPhone database. WhatsApp Pocket can search and find deleted messages from the database deleted WhatsApp fragments. Download and install WhatsApp Pocket on your computer, and connect your iPhone with the compute via a USB cable.
Run WhatsApp Pocket application, select the iPhone icon and click WhatApp Chat to scan. Wait a moment for the scan to complete, and then click WhatsApp Chat, it will list WhatsApp chat messages.
And there will be a Chat Hex Data button appear in the result view. All chat content messages will be convert to hex data, including deleted message fragments. You can search any key words in hex view. It will help to find any deleted information.
Conclusion
In this article, we have discussed how to retrieve a deleted WhatsApp message in 4 ways, and you can choose any of the above methods if you need. Back up on time, and backing up both iCloud and local computer is still the best way to prevent data loss.
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