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Step 1: Free download EelPhone iPhone Data Recovery in your Window or Mac, install it with the installation guide.From the home page, click on iPhone Data Recovery. Step 2: From the left side, you can get three ways to get back disappeared messages, tap on the first way, but if you can't restore messages from backup, you can use the tool to help you get back messages from backup. If your information is still missing after you restore, you can try to restore from a different backup in iCloud or on your computer. Always back up your current data on your computer before you try to restore from iCloud Backup. Whenever I try to send an Imessage from my Mac to another Mac; the message “is not registered with iMessage.” pops up. I have read your page above however have not found this helpful. Currently, I have an android phone and my Mac is updated. Any support will be much appreciated. No one wants to encounter the trouble of disappearing text messages and iMessage stored on the iPhone or the like, but even if these errors occur on your iPhone, TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery will help you recover those lost or deleted data in the shortest amount of time, other iOS devices like iPad, iPod Touch is no exception as well.

• Make sure that you correctly restored your iOS device from iCloud Backup. When you sign in to iCloud, it's not the same as when you restore from iCloud Backup. Learn how to restore from iCloud Backup.
  
• Make sure that iCloud Backup includes the kind of information that you’re missing. If you restore an iPad from an iPhone backup or vice versa, some data won’t restore.
• If an app asks for your Apple ID password during the restore process, make sure that you enter it. Some apps and services, like the App Store, need your password before they can restore purchased content. If you purchased content on multiple Apple IDs, enter the password for each Apple ID when prompted.
• If the restore process takes a long time to finish, or if you receive an error message, learn what to do.
• You can also check to see if you have any backups on your computer that may contain the data that’s missing.
• Sometimes the restore process may look complete, but your device is still downloading information in the background. To check this, tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup. If your device is still being restored, you see “This [device] is currently being restored and will automatically back up when it is done.”
  

Want to learn more? Keep reading to discover what’s included in iCloud Backup.

About your apps, music, movies, and TV shows

iCloud Backup includes information about your purchase history from the Apple Music app, Apple TV app, Apple Books app, Apple Podcasts app, and the App Store. After you restore from iCloud Backup, your purchased media automatically downloads again from Apple services. Availability of redownloads varies by country or region. Previous purchases may be unavailable when they've been refunded or aren't available in the store anymore. Some previously purchased movies may not be available for redownload from Apple TV.

For some third-party apps, you may need to download data from the app provider again.

If you used iTunes Match to download previously matched or uploaded songs, albums, or playlists to your device, sync your device on a computer that has your content to recover media that wasn't purchased from the iTunes Store or isn't available through iTunes Match.

To recover content purchased with a different Apple ID, sign in with the Apple ID associated with that purchase.

About your photos

When you use iCloud Photos, your photos and videos automatically upload to iCloud. They aren’t included in your nightly backup. After you restore your device from iCloud Backup, stay connected to Wi-Fi so that your photos and videos can begin to download.

If you haven’t turned on iCloud Photos, iCloud Backup may include photos and videos in your Photos or Camera Roll. Not sure if iCloud Photos was turned on when you made the backup? After you restore your device, check Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. If iCloud Photos is turned on, then the photos were stored in iCloud Photos.

If the photos and videos were included in the backup, they’ll download to your iOS device in the background when you restore. Stay connected to Wi-Fi until the process finishes. The time it takes to restore depends on the size of your backup and the speed of your Wi-Fi network.

Learn more about what's included in iCloud Backup and how to sync photos from a computer.

About iCloud Drive

If you use iCloud Drive, your documents aren't included in iCloud Backup. They remain updated and available across your devices because they live in iCloud. If you want to save your iWork files manually, you can save them to your Mac or PC.

If you can't find your iWork documents after you restore your device, go to iCloud.com and check in the iCloud Drive app.

About your Calendar and Contact data

When Calendar and Contact information restores from iCloud Backup, your settings and old data restore first. Then, iCloud pushes your updated Calendar and Contact data to your device, overwriting the old data. This update happens automatically and usually occurs before you notice the old data.

About your Mail and Notes data

Since your Mail already lives in iCloud, it isn't included in iCloud Backup. iCloud Backup does include the settings for your iCloud email account and any other email accounts on your device. After you restore from iCloud Backup, iCloud and your other email providers replace your available email messages so you can pick up where you left off.

If you set up your device to store Notes in iCloud, iCloud sends those notes to your device after the restore process finishes. To find storage options for Notes in iOS 10.3 or later, tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud.

Notes data stored by a third-party service (like Microsoft Exchange) isn't backed up to iCloud. Contact the provider of that service for information about how to retrieve your data.

About your Messages and Voice Memos data

With Messages in iCloud and Voice Memos in iCloud*, your text messages and voice recordings automatically upload to iCloud. They aren’t included in your backup. After you restore your device from iCloud Backup, stay connected to Wi-Fi so that your text messages and voice recordings can download.

If you turn off Messages in iCloud, your text messages and attachments no longer upload automatically, but they save in your next iCloud Backup and download in the background when you restore. Stay connected to Wi-Fi until the process finishes. The time it takes to restore depends on the size of your backup and the speed of your Wi-Fi.

Sometimes, if you restore a device from a backup of another kind of device, your Messages and Voice Memos won’t restore. For example, if you use an iPad backup to restore an iPhone, your Messages and Voice Memos may not appear on the iPhone.

If your information is still missing after you restore, you can try to restore from a different backup in iCloud or on your computer. Always back up your current data on your computer before you try to restore from iCloud Backup.

*If you use iOS 11 or earlier, or macOS High Sierra or earlier, your Voice Memos are included in iCloud Backup, not iCloud.

Some super easy ways are offered in the guide to help you recover old iMessages on iPhone/iPad. Now follow the instructions to know how to find and retrieve old iMessages successfully.

iMessage Tips & Issues

Sometimes we mis-deleted/lost some important iMessages on iPhone. Usually, they can be regained from backups. What if there are no backups at all? This post will introduce some efficient tips to work out how to recover old iMessages.

How to Recover Old iMessages from iPhone

Usually, you can retrieve your old-deleted iMessages from a backup. If you don’t regularly back up your iPhone, you could use third-party recovery software to restore your files. PhoneRescue for iOS is quite professional in data recovery – just connect the iPhone to the computer, scan it and you will see the old iMessages and other data on it. And also, it could restore your iMessages from iTunes/iCloud backup without overwriting your iPhone.

Step 1. Launch PhoneRescue for iOS, click “Recover from iOS Device” option, and hit the right arrow to continue.

Step 2. Select iMessage > Click OK to scan your iPhone.

How to Recover Old iMessages from iPhone – Step 2

Step 3. Preview and find the old iMessages you’d like to retrieve. Click “To Computer” to get them back to the computer, or “To Device” to recover them directly to your iPhone/iPad Messages app.

Actually, the very old iMessages are almost overwritten by new data onto your iPhone/iPad. In this case, iTunes or iCloud backup might be helpful as long as the old iMessages that you want to retrieve are included in a usable backup. But usually, it’s tricky because both the iTunes and iCloud backup are hard to access and unreadable.

iMobie PhoneRescue has noticed the limitations. Thus here comes the PhoneRescue for iOS with the ability to access iTunes and iCloud backup, and then help you find and recover old iMessages from a backup successfully.

How to Recover Old iMessages from iTunes/iCloud Backup

Before the detailed instructions, go to download page of PhoneRescue to get the PhoneRescue for iOS installed to Mac or PC computer. And then follow the example of retrieving old iMessages from your iTunes backup.

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Step 1 Launch PhoneRescue for iOS, click “Recover from Backup” option, and hit the right arrow to continue.

Missing Imessages On Iphone

How to Find Old iMessages

Step 2 Select the iTunes backup with messages you want to retrieve > Click right arrow to scan the selected backup. After scanning, Uncheck “Select All” option, select only “Messages” and hit the “OK” button in blue.

Step 3 Preview and find the old iMessages you’d like to retrieve. Click “To Computer” to get them back to the computer, or “To Device” to recover them directly to your iPhone/iPad Messages app.

How to Recover Old iMessages

Missing Imessages

If your old iMessages are contained in an available iCloud backup, the post explaining how to recover old iMessages from iCloud backup can help. Go and have a check.

Bonus Tip：How to Recover Old iMessages from Other Apple Devices

Usually, Apple devices would sync iMessages within the same Apple ID. Therefore, if you did not restore your iMessages from iCloud/iTunes backups, you can check the other apple devices out whether the devices synced them.

The Bottom Line

In addition, to help you recover files from iTunes or iCloud backup, PhoneRescue for iOS also enables you to retrieve lost or deleted data directly from any iOS device within steps. Get PhoneRescue for iOS to explore more > All in all, these above four tips could solve the lost-old-iMessges issue. If you still couldn’t retrieve them successfully, please leave your messages in the comment party.

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