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Extract iPhone Data from iTunes Backup

By Selena KomezUpdated on July 23, 2018


Summery: How to freely extract data from iTunes backup after losing iPhone data? Here are some tips on how to recover iPhone data from iTunes backup with iOS Data Recovery, which could restore deleted contacts, SMS, photos, videos, call history, WhatsApp and more iOS data from iTunes backup selectively.

I want to only recover my lost data from my iTunes backup instead of the whole iTunes backup files. Syncing iTunes to do the restore will overwrite all my iOS data. How to recover iPhone data from iTunes backup files selectively without overwriting my previous data?

It is a good habit for everyone to have regular backup for an iPhone, iPad and iPod. Some people like to backup device with iTunes syncing, some of them like to backup device with iCloud syncing, others like to backup via third-party tools. In this case, you can extract the iPhone data from backup after your device is lost/damaged or just losing data under different data loss situations. However, recover iPhone data from iTunes directly will sync all backup files to your device by overwriting the previous data. What’s more, you can’t recover any data from the iTunes backup file selectively instead of the whole file. Which is no convenient enough. In this page, we will show you a complete guide to recover iPhone files from iTunes backup without iTunes.

Part 1: How to Restore iPhone Data with iTunes Backup

Step 1. Launch iTunes and connect your iPhone to the computer.
Step 2. In iTunes, click on your device, which appears in the upper-left corner.
Step 3. Select “Restore Backup…” under Backups section on the right panel.

restore itunes backup

Your iPhone will show “Restore in Progress” on the screen, and iTunes will show a progress bar of the restore process. Be patient to wait for the progress bar to finish, and for the restart to complete before you try to use or disconnect the device. After it finished, all of your lost data would be recovered on your iPhone.

Cons: This solution not support to restore iPhone data of selected data from the iTunes backup file instead of the whole file, and the restored data will overwrite your previous data on iPhone. Besides, iTunes doesn’t support to preview backups before the recovery. To restore iPhone data from iTunes backup perfectly, you should turn to the second solution in the follow section we are going to talk about.

Part 2: Restore iPhone Data from iTunes Backup without iTunes

With a variety of iOS backup data extracting features, many iPhone backup extractor tools allow you to restore your lost information. Indeed, it is not an easy job to find the iTunes backup location for most users because iTunes won’t tell you where the backup will be stored when you create backup manually. So you are not able to extract any iPhone data from iTunes backup on the computer without the help of some professional tools. However, there actually are some kind of iPhone backup viewer or iPhone backup extractor which has a powerful function to preview and extract selective data from iTunes backup. For example, U.Fone iOS ToolkitiOS Data Recovery is one of the iTunes backup extractor you’re looking for.

iOS Data Recovery could be the best iPhone backup extractor if you’re facing a severe iOS data deletion or corruption disaster. It’s fully capable of extracting iPhone data from iTunes backup without iTunes, up to 16+ different types of iOS files. Selectively preview and choose data types you want, and import them directly to iPhone or to the computer. In addition, it is more than one iPhone backup extractor, it can also export iPhone data from iCloud backup and recover deleted data from iPhone directly.

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U.Fone iOS Toolkit – iOS Data Recovery Main Features:
– Focus on recovering up to more than 16+ different types of iOS files, such as contacts, messages, photos, videos, call history, WhatsApp and apps, etc,.
– Recover your important files with three safe ways: recover from iTunes backup; recover from iCloud backup; recover from iOS device directly.
Preview the files in thumbnail before recovery so that you can selectively extract data.
– Recover iOS data after losing data for any data loss causes.
Recover backup files without overwriting the previous data on device.
-Backup & restore iOS data safely.
-Fix iOS system to normal without data loss.

Restore iPhone Data via iTunes Backup without iTunes

U.Fone iOS Toolkit – iOS Data Recovery offers three recovery modes for you to manage your iOS data on the computer safely. In the homepage of program, you can see these three options are available: iPhone Data Recovery; iOS System Recovery; iOS Data Backup & Restore.

ios data recovery home page
Step 1. Run Program and Select Recovery Mode
Download and run iOS Data Recovery on the computer. For iOS data recovery, you should select the biggest one “iPhone Data Recovery” in the home page of the program. Then select “Recover from iTunes Backup File” recovery mode.

Note: Please don’t connect and sync your device with iTunes after you lost iPhone data, to prevent lost data from being overwritten.

Step 2. Scan Data from iTunes Backup File
Once you enter the iTunes recovery mode,  choose the right device backup file and click “Start Scan“.

scan itunes backup

Step 3. Preview and Extract Data from iTunes Backup File
After scanning, all the content in the iTunes backup has been displayed. All of them can be previewed and checked by program. After the preview, check those you want to extract and click “Recover” to save them on the computer.

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Extract iPhone Data from iTunes Backup

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