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Restore Deleted SMS on iPhone X/8(Plus)

By Selena KomezUpdated on May 18, 2018


[Summary]How to recover deleted text messages on iPhone X and iPhone 8(Plus) in iOS 11? This guide will show you 5 simple way of recovering deleted messages on iPhone X/8 with/without backup by iPhone SMS Recovery and Phone Transfer.

There was a terrible thing happened last night that I deleted some important text messages from my iPhone X accidentally! The worst thing is I don’t have any backup. Is there any simple way to retrieve the deleted SMS on iPhone X straightly? Thanks a lot.”—Sara

I’m sure that Sara is not the only one who encountered such a problem. Some massages about working arrangements/credit card bill/school notification or other significant information that will be used later. We may lose them for many reasons, such as delete data by mistake/someone steal your phone/device get broken/restore device to factory reset or other reasons that out of our control. It’s a good habit to back up the important files, but if you don’t, it’s possible to get back the massages that you lost? YES! In this essay, we will let you know SMS recovery from iPhone X with/without in some safe solutions.

Restore Deleted SMS from iPhone X/8 with iPhone SMS Recovery

iPhone X SMS Recovery is an efficient data recovery program that used to restore deleted messages from iPhone X/8/8 Plus for any data loss situations. Not only allows you recover the deleted SMS from iPhone X and iPhone 8(Plus), but also enables you retrieve contacts, photos, videos, notes, call logs, calendars, WhatsApp, documents, apps and more even without any backup file. With the help of this useful program, you can directly restore deleted data from iPhone X/iPhone 8(Plus)/iPhone 7(Plus)/iPhone 6S(Plus)/iPhone 6(Plus) selectively. It provides you with three recovery modes: directly recover from iOS device, recover from iTunes backup files, recover from iCloud backup files. It applies to all models of any iOS system.

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Part 1: How to Recover Deleted SMS from iPhone X Directly

Step 1.Run iOS Data Recovery and Select Recovery Mode
First of all, please launch the iOS Data Recovery on the computer. And connect your iPhone X to the computer. In the primary interface of software, select “Recover from iOS Device” mode. Then click the “Start” tab.

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Step 2.Select File to scan
Secondly, you should select the “Message” to be scanned by program. Then click “Next” button, and the program will begin scanning your iPhone X automatically for deleted SMS.

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Step 3.Preview and Restore Deleted Message from iPhone X
Finally, the recoverable Message will show up in the window of program after the scanning is finished. You can mark the Message you need, or check missing Message by picking “Show only deleted files” option. Push the “Recover” button to recover selected SMS on your iPhone X.

After that, a dialogue box will be shown asking you which folder you choose to save the SMS just recovered. Select the folder you want and allow the software to accomplish the whole recovery process.

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Part 2: Recover Deleted SMS from iTunes Backup via iPhone SMS Recovery

Step 1.Select iTunes Backup File to Scan
After running this program on the computer, you’ll be lead to the “Recover from iOS Device” mode (the default mode). Select “Recover from iTunes Backup” mode to extract previously backed up data from iTunes.

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All your iTunes backup data of your iOS devices which has ever synced with iTunes on your computer will be automatically found and listed here. Select the one of yours and click “Start Scan” button to begin iTunes backup extracting.

Step 2.Preview and Restore iPhone Messages from iTunes Backup
When the scan finishes, all your files backed up by iTunes can be found and displayed in categories. You can preview them one by one and complete data recovery.

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Part 3: Recover Deleted SMS from iCloud Backup via iPhone SMS Recovery

Step 1.Sign in your iCloud Account to Login
Run the iPhone SMS Recovery Program on computer and choose “Recover from iCloud Backup” mode. Enter your ID and Password to get your backup.

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Step 2.Select the Messages Files you Want to Retrieve on iCloud
The program can help you selectively recover the data from iCloud backups,including photos, App photos, videos, notes, contacts, SMS, and more,please select the file types you need. For messages recovery, you should select “Message” file.

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Step 3.Download All iCloud Backup Files
Click “Download” button to download all the backup files from iCloud, and move on to the next step.

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Step 4.Preview and Restore iPhone SMS from iCloud Backup
After the download process is completed, the program will scan and analyze the downloaded data,then it will search the results and list to you,to recover previous iPhone backed up data from iCloud,please select the files you need and preview them before recovery,and then click “Recover” button to save the selected SMS on the computer.

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Part 4: Recover Deleted SMS from iTunes Backup via Phone Transfer

The second way here we recommend for you is using Phone Transfer. If you synced iPhone SMS with iTunes before losing data, you can try this solution to restore the deleted SMS on iPhone X.Phone Transfer enable to extract SMS from iTunes backup to iPhone X directly as well as iCloud backup. Except SMS, Phone Transfer allow to restore several kinds of iPhone data, such as, contacts, photos, videos, calendar, music, call history, apps.

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Step 1. Run Program and Select Mode
Click on “iTunes” under “Restore from Backups” option in the primary window of the program.

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Step 2. Extract Backup File from iTunes Backup
Select the “Text messages” files to extract from iTunes backup file.

Step 3. Restore Backed Up File to Computer
Download the iTunes files and save it on the computer.

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Part 5: Recover Deleted SMS from iCloud Backup via Phone Transfer

Step 1. Run Program and Select Mode
Click on “iCloud” under “Restore from Backups” option in the primary window of the program.

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Step 2. Extract Backup File from iCloud Backup
Sign in iCloud account and select the file to extract from iCloud backup.
Step 3. Restore Backed Up File to Computer
Download the iCloud files and save it on the computer or your iPhone X.

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Part 6: How to Backup SMS for iPhone X/8(Plus) Safely

To avoid data loss on iPhone X/8(Plus) or other iOS models, you should be aware of the importance of making backup frequently. To backup SMS for iPhone X/8(Plus) safely on computer, iOS ToolKitiOS Data Backup & Restore tool is the ideal tool for you.  It enables you to backup your data from iOS device to computer with one click , selectively restore backed up to any iOS device, including SMS, contacts, photos, videos, call logs, WhatsApp messages, notes, voicemail, apps data, etc,.

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More iPhone Recovery Tutorials You can Check:

How to Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone X

How to Recover Deleted Data from iPhone X

How to Transfer Android Data to iPhone X

How to Import Data to iPhone X from Samsung Android

How to Transfer iPhone Files to iPhone X

How to Backup & Restore iPhone X on the Computer Safely

How to Transfer Videos/Music/Photos to iPhone X

How to Manage Files for iPhone X on the Computer

Recover Deleted Text Messages from iPhone X

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By Selena KomezUpdated on May 18, 2018


Survey: More people are buying the iPhone 8 than iPhone X
Apple’s priciest phone isn’t its most popular, according to a consumer research group. The iPhone X marked Apple’s first major design change since the iPhone 6 in 2014, and carries a price tag hundreds of dollars higher than the iPhone 8 an 8 Plus. The iPhone X is the only one of the trio to bring Face ID, the all-screen design, an OLED display, wireless charging and of course, Animojis. However, the report about compare with iPhone X and iPhone 8, the latter is more popular among iOS users.

Lost SMS on iPhone 8
Are you in a deep depression on losing SMS from your iPhone 8 due to different faults,such as,deleted by touching the screen in the wrong way,iOS update,iOS jailbreak,iOS device crash, etc.,When you lost SMS on your iPhone 8 device you may eager to get the ways to restore the deleted data,here we will show you the 5 reliable ways to recover deleted SMS and other types of iPhone data via iPhone 8 Data Recovery,which is strongly recommended for you,hope it will be a great help for you all.

Recover Deleted SMS on iPhone 8

iPhone 8 Data Recovery comes for you,help to recover deleted SMS from iPhone 8/8 Plus. Besides to SMS,this amazing data recovery allow to restore various of iPhone deleted data completely,including photos,video,contacts,call logs,WhatsApp apps,etc,.iPhone 8 Data Recovery provides you three recovery modes:directly recover from iPhone,extract data from iTunes backup,extract data from iCloud backup.iPhone 8 Data Recovery support to recover deleted iPhone data under any loss circumstances,like deleted mistaken,restore factory reset,iOS update,iOS jailbreak,device lost/broken,and so on.

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Part 1:Directly Recover Deleted SMS from iPhone 8

Step 1.Connect iPhone 8 to the Computer and Scan it
Firstly, run iPhone 8 Data Recovery on the computer,connect your iPhone to the computer with a USB cable.Select the “Recover from iOS Device”mode.Then select the file type “Messages” to scan,then click button “Start”.

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Then the program will begin to scan data on your iPhone 8:

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Step 2.Preview and Recover Deleted SMS from iPhone 8
After the scanning,all your data on iPhone or deleted from iPhone are found and listed in organized categories.To find your SMS,check “Message & Call log”,which contains messages,call history and contacts.Mark those you want and click the “Recover” button at the bottom to save them all to your computer or device with one click.

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Part 2:Recover Deleted iPhone SMS with iTunes Backup

Step 1.Select the iTunes Backup to Scan
After running the program on your computer,click “Recover from iTunes Backup”option of it,and you’ll see the window below.Just choose the one of iTunes backup for your iPhone and click “Scan” to extract the content.

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Note:The number of backup files you get here depends on how many Apple devices you’ve synced with iTunes previously.

Step 2.Recover Deleted iPhone SMS from iTunes Backup
When the scan is over,the whole backup content are extracted and displayed.You can check the SMS in detail,and click “Recover” on the bottom menu to store it on your computer.

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Part 3:Recover Deleted iPhone SMS with iCloud Backup

Step 1.Download and Scan iCloud Backup
Choose “Recover from iCloud Backup”option after launching the program on the computer.Then sign in your Apple ID.You’ll see the program showing all iCloud backup files in your account of a list.Choose the one you want to extract to download it and click the ”Next” tap.

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After that,you can directly scan and extract the selected file types from the downloaded backup.Click”Next” after selecting the file type for scanning.For SMS recovery,you should click “Messages” under the “Message & Call log” option.

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Note:Please keep your internet is connected during the process.

Step 2.Recover Deleted iPhone SMS from iCloud Backup
When the scanning stops,you can check SMS in the categories of “Message & Call log”. Tick the data you want and click on the “Recover” button to save them on the computer.

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Part 4:Recover iPhone SMS from iTunes Backup via Phone Transfer

Another reliable data manager tool called Phone Transfer we suggest you to use. It could be used to restore data from iTunes backup file and restore data from iCloud backup with one click. It will help you recover nearly all types of iOS data including SMS, contacts, photos, videos, call logs, calendar, music and apps. More importantly, it is a terrific data transfer tool enables you to transfer files between two mobile device no matter it run the same OS or not.

Free Download Phone Transfer:

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Step 1.Run Program and Select Mode
Run Phone Transfer on computer first, click “iTunes” under “Restore from Backups” option in the home page of the program.

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Step 2. Extract iTunes Backup File 
Select “Text Messages” file and then clicking “Start Transfer“. Then it will be restored to your computer/iPhone 8 or other device. Note: If you want to directly restore the backed up to mobile device, you should connect the device to the computer and let the program detect it, then keeping the connection until the restoring process is end.

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Part 5:Recover iPhone SMS from iCloud Backup via Phone Transfer

Step 1.  Run Program and Select Mode
Run Phone Transfer on computer first, click on “iCloud” under “Restore from Backups” option in the home page of the program.

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Step 2. Extract iCloud Backup File 
Sign in iCloud account and select “Text Messages” file, then clicking “Start Transfer“. Then it will start to restore the SMS file to your computer/iPhone 8 or other device. Note: If you want to directly restore the backed up to mobile device, you should connect the device to the computer and let the program detect it, then keeping the connection until the restoring process is end.

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Part 6:How to Backup & Restore iPhone 8 without iTunes/iCloud

To create and restore an iPhone backup in just a few easy steps – that is an urgent need form many apple users. And it’s easy with the help of Apple’s backup solution in iTunes and also you can use a tool from the third party to get the job done. In this tutorial, we introduce you to the two fastest and most convenient solutions to backup and restore your iOS devices. To create backup file for iPhone 8 is what you should do importantly, to prevent data loss on iPhone 8. For most of iOS users, they may backup device with iTunes or iCloud. However, there are other ways you could take to backup your previous data for iPhone 8 without iTunes or iCloud.

Way 1: Backup & Restore iPhone 8 with iOS Backup & Restore
iOS Backup & Restore is the ideal backup & restore tool for securely backup & restore iPhone 8 on the computer. More than 19 types of iOS data can be backup and restore,including text messages, call logs, photos, contacts, WhatsApp messages, documents, etc,. Moreover, it could do the backup & restore job for your iOS device without erasing your current data.

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Free Download iOS Backup & Restore:

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Way 2: Backup & Restore iPhone 8 with iOS & Android Manager
iOS & Android Manager is another wonderful data manager tool for transferring & managing files of iOS device or Android device. It could easily transfer files between iOS device and computer, transfer files between iOS device and iTunes, transfer files between iOS device and iOS device/Android device. The transferable types of files including SMS, contacts, music, videos, photos, playlists.

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