Recover Accidentally Deleted iMessages from iPhone if iTunes Backup is Locked

“I accidentally deleted some iMessages from my iPhone and I think it is ok as there is the backup in iTunes. When I try to restore from iTunes backup, it remind me that my iTunes backup is locked. But I even do not know when I set the password. Is there any other solution that I can recover my lost iMessages from locked backup?”

Have you ever meet the trouble that when you try to restore from iTunes backup to get back your deleted iMessages, your iTunes backup is locked? It would be a big trouble that you can not restore lost data from iTunes backup. If you are also suffer from the same trouble, don’t panic, in below post, we will show you how to recover accidentally deleted iMessages from iPhone if iTunes backup is locked.

Once your iTunes backup is locked, you can not access your backup without the password. Thus, the only way for you to recover deleted iMessages is directly from iPhone. The solution for you to recover deleted iMessages on iPhone directly is the professional iPhone data recovery tool, iRefone. This tool is powerful at recovering deleted or lost messages from your iPhone directly. Also, if you have an iTunes or iCloud backup for those missing text messages, you can use it to extract and restore lost messages from your backup selectively, without wiping any data on your iDevice, unlike restoring from iTunes or iCloud backup. It is fully compatible with iPhone 7(Plus)/se/6s(Plus)/6(Plus)/5s/5/4sNext, detailed steps are shared to help you restore missing messages from your iPhone 6s/6s(Plus).



Recover Accidentally Deleted iMessages from iPhone Directly

Step 1. 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 iMessages. You could preview them one by one and choose what you need to recover to PC or directly back to your device.