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Top 3 Ways to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Photos from iPhone

Posted by Brian Davis on November. 20, 2018 10:02:11 AM • Category: Restore iPhone
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The WhatsApp messaging, one of the most downloaded apps in the world currently, is an multifunctional application which allows iPhone users to send messages, photos, videos and other types of files to their friends online. For most people using this app on their iPhone, they feel free to communicate with their friends without worrying about the amounts of messages, photos, videos or other files they sent on their iPhone. It is only after you have executed the "Delete Chat" command that you came to realize the significance of those deleted files. However, there's no need to worry about as we will list 3 approaches on how to recover deleted WhatsApp photos from iPhone with little effort.

WhatsApp Photos Recovery: Tool You'll Need

As a matter of fact, if you are looking for an efficient iOS data recovery tool, which is designed to restore lost or deleted photos from WhatsApp on iPhone, then TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery would be your ideal selection. The reason making TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery stands out from all iOS data recovery software is that its fastest speed of retrieving lost and deleted files on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Besides, no matter how you lost the photos from WhatsApp on your iPhone, whether it's due to password lock, jailbreak failure, water damage or other factors, you can easily get those lost WhatsApp photos back as long as using the iPhone Data Recovery launched by TunesKit Software.

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1. Recover Deleted Photos from WhatsApp without Backup

Step 1 Download and launch the software

connect iphone to computer

First of all, download and install TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery for Mac/Windows on your computer, connect your iPhone to it using a USB cable and choose the recovery mode as the default one "Recover from iOS".

Step 2Scan for lost photos

scan old Kik messages

When the program succeeds to detect your device, click Scan button and it will start scanning all the deleted files on your iPhone, which takes a while to finish, depending on the storage of your device.

Step 3Preview and recover WhatsApp photos

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You will be able to view all recoverable file types being displayed on the screen after scanning has competed. Go to WhatsApp Messages & Attachments and check the photos you wish to revert and tap on Recover. Those photos will be backed to your computer instantly.

2. Recover Deleted WhatsApp Photos from iTunes Backup

Step 1 Choose iTunes backup files

choose itunes backup

Run TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery on your computer and choose the second recovery mode "Recover from iTunes Backup" from the main interface. Then the program will start detecting all iTunes backup files on your computer.

Step 2Scan iTunes backup

scan deleted Kik messages

You will see a window appears with backup files. Select suitable file and click on "Scan" button. Tap the "gear" icon of the backup column and choose the file type you need if you only need to extract selective data from the iTunes backup.

Step 3Recover from iTunes backup

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At this point you can check WhatsApp Messages & Attachments to see the specific images you would like to restore, select those photos and click on Recover option to recover lost WhatsApp photos from iPhone to your computer in seconds.

3. Recover Deleted WhatsApp Photos from iCloud Backup

If you have synced and backed up all iPhone data including Kik messages to iCloud, you can also use TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery to restore the lost Kik files from iCloud backup in three steps:

Step 1 Log in iCloud account

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Open TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery, set the recovery mode as "Recover from iCloud Backup". Here you need to enter your Apple ID and password to log into iCloud account.

Step 2Quick scanning

download icloud backup

You'll see all backups from your iCloud account on the window after logging in, choose the appropriate one and tap "Download" option, then select WhatsApp Messages & Attachments and click "Next" to download those files.

Step 3Recover from iCloud backup

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When the program finishes scanning, preview the files one by one and choose the photos you want to get back and then tap on "Recover" button, in this way, you will be able to see those deleted WhatsApp photos on your computer.

The Bottom Line

There is no doubt that Apple's official solutions, iTunes and iCloud can also restore deleted WhatsApp photos from the iPhone, but it is worth noting that when your iTunes and iCloud appear abnormal, crash or you have not created backups to your iPhone through iTunes Or iCloud in time, TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery is the best choice on how to recover lost photos from WhatsApp on iPhone.

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