2/27/2017

How to Delete and Recover Messages from Spotlight Search

“When I deleted my messages on iPhone, I noticed that these messages are still existed when I doing search in Spotlight. Is it possible to delete these messages from Spotlight search?”

It would be the trouble that when you hope to delete the messages but it still can be search in Spotlight search. So, how to delete messages in your Spotlight search history for good? Some articles tell you that resetting or syncing your iPhone can help clear the Spotlight history. Actually, it’s not. Here we will show you how to delete messages from Spotlight Search without resetting iPhone.

Part 1: How to Delete Messages from Spotlight Search

Step 1. Tap Settings > Click General > Choose Spotlight Search > Uncheck Messages.



Step 2. Turn iPhone off and wait for a while> Back to turn on> Repeat this operation previous for 3 or more times.

Step 3. Go back to step 1> Check Messages> Try to search in spotlight to check whether messages deleted or not.

Part 2: How to Recover Deleted Messages on iPhone

In order to recover deleted messages on iPhone, you need the help of iPhone data recovery tool, iRefone. This tool can not only recover recently deleted or lost text messages on iPhone 7 easily without backup, but also extract and find lost data from iPhone backup(iTunes & iCloud)selectively. Plus, you can transfer retrieved text messages back to your iPhone directly via iRefone. Other data like contacts, notes, wechat messages, whatsapp mesages, are also supportive. Next, detailed steps are listed below.

Download the free trail version as you need firstly.



Step 1. Run iRefone and connect your iPhone with computer, then the software will detect the device automatically. Click “Start” to go on.



Step 2. Then you will enter the interface to ask you choose the data you need to scan. Choose the icon of Messages and start the process of analysis and scanning your iPhone.



Step 3. When the scanning is finished, all of the messages on your iPhone will be displayed in the software, including these deleted messages. You could preview them one by one and choose what you need to recover to PC or directly back to your device.

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