By Jennifer | Last Updated
It is really annoying when you accidently delete important data from iPhone. Whether it’s cherished photos, vital contacts, or important notes, everyone will feel upset when losing them. Fortunately, there are effective methods to recover deleted files from your iPhone. This guide will walk you through the steps for recovering lost data from iPhone with or without a backup.
Where does the deleted files go on your iPhone? It is saved on a folder named Recently Deleted for 30 days. After 30 days, it will be permanently removed from your iPhone. Thus, if you want to get back the deleted files, try access Recently Deleted folder.
Step 1: Tap the Files app on your iPhone and tap “Browse”.
Step 2: Choose the Recently Deleted option in the Locations section.
Step 3: Tap the more icon on the top right corner to get the drop-down menu. After that, tap the Select option.
Step 4: Choose the files you want to recover and then tap the Recover button on the bottom left corner. In minutes, those data will be restored to your iPhone.
Tips: For the iPhone photos, notes, messages or videos files, you cannot see them in the Files app. Instead, you can go to the corresponding app: Photos/Notes/Messages app, to locate the Recently Deleted folder and restore them. For example, you can restore the deleted photos from Recently Deleted folder in Photos app.
If you perform the regular backup of your iPhone, it will be much easier to recover the iPhone deleted files, no matter it is the iTunes backup or iCloud backup. But you can not restore only one file from the backup. In other words, all iPhone data will be overwritten by your previous backup.
When talked to this problem, I think most people would instantly think of recovering iPhone files from backup with iTunes.
If the iPhone data is backed up via iTunes, you can retrieve the data via the iTunes backup.
Step 1: Use a USB cable to connect your iPhone to the computer where your iPhone backup is stored.
Step 2: Open iTunes (or Finder on Mac). Don’t let it sync your iPhone to the computer. Otherwise, your previous iPhone backup would be overwritten.
Step 3: Find your iPhone icon and click it. After that, click the Summary option and hit the Restore Backup button in the Backups section.
Step 4: Select a backup and hit the Restore button to recover your iPhone deleted files.
In order to get back the data from iCloud backup, you should ensure you have an iCloud backup: access Settings> Your Name > iCloud > Manage Storage > Backups.
Please be sure you have had iCloud backup not long ago, because if you want to recover iPhone from iCloud backup, all the content and settings in iPhone will be erased at first. Besides, keep Wi-Fi turned on and power source. Now begin iPhone file recovery with iCloud backup.
Step 1: Tap Settings > General >Transfer or Reset iPhone > Erase All Content and Settings on your iPhone .
Step 2: After iPhone restarts automatically and successfully, you would see Setup Assistant begins.
Step 3: Choose Restore from iCloud Backup and select which iCloud backup you want to use, then tap Restore. If there is username and password set for iCloud backup, enter them in time to continue restoring iPhone.
Step 4: When iCloud backup restore is done, the deleted files would be restored to iPhone if they have been backed up in this iCloud backup.
If you have no backup for iPhone, how can you recover deleted files from iPhone without backup? You can use the iPhone data recovery tool, such as iSunshare iOS Data Genius, to recover the deleted files. This software can recover lost or deleted data up to 11 types for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. Download it from isunshare website and install on your computer.
Step 1: Open the software and choose "Recover from iOS Device" mode.
This mode can scan iOS device directly to find data deleted recently, and then recover them on computer. Once you connect your iPhone to computer, check the box "I have backed up my device with iTunes" and click "Start Scan".
Step 3: Preview and recover deleted iPhone files to save on computer.
Click on files on the left side of iOS Data Genius interface, you can preview them on the right side. When you are sure they are the files your iPhone lost, choose them and tap Recover button.
On new dialog, you will have privileges to select a folder to save the deleted files that are ready to be recovered. After you confirm Recover successfully message, the folder will be opened.
If you have iCloud Drive enabled to sync the data on your iPhone, it is possible to recover deleted files from iCloud website.
Step 1: Navigate to icloud.com/recovery. Then login your iCloud account which is used on the iPhone.
Step 2: Hit the Restore Files option. After that, select the files you want to restore.
Step 3: Hit the Restore button and wait for the process to complete.
In this article, you can find the easy methods to recover the deleted files from your iPhone. Thus, you can restore the important data and minimize the impact of accidental deletion. But, It is essential to back up your iPhone regularly.
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