How to Recover Deleted Skype Messages on iPhone iPad

 

Question: "Anyone can help my iPhone 5s, because I deleted one of my histories for a friend in Skype. Can I recover it on my iPhone? Many thanks for your help. It is very important to me."

- A User from Skype Community

As one of the most popular messenger tools, Skype offers us a way to stay close to our family and friends, and also allows us to discuss business with the clients from all the over world. If you are a Skype user who accidentally delete some important Skype chats like the above user, have you gotten a way to retrieve deleted Skype messages on iPhone? If not, this post is what you are looking for.

The Tool We'll Use

To recover deleted Skype messages from iPhone or iPad you need to choose an efficient iOS data recovery tool. The #1 iOS & Android data recovery tool – PhoneRescue can be your best choice. And PhoneRescue – iOS Data Recovery can help efficiently recover deleted Skype messages from iPhone iPad no matter you have made backup or not.

1. Supports recovering deleted Skype conversations on iPhone directly, which is critical when you haven't created any backups.

2. Supports selectively extracting deleted iOS data from iTunes backup that means you can view deleted Skype messages, and then decide which one or ones to recover from iTunes backup without performing a device restore.

3. Supports all the models of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and all the iOS operating systems from iOS 4 to iOS 9.

4. Works well on both PC and Apple Mac, including the latest Windows 10 and Mac OS X El Capitan.

Now go to the free trial of PhoneRescue and download PhoneRescue – iOS Data Recovery on your computer before we start the step-by-step tutorial.

Method 1: Recover Deleted Skype Messages on iPhone iPad without Backup

If you delete or lose important Skype messages from iPhone iPad by accident, and you haven't made iTunes or iCloud backup in advance, you can follow the steps below to get back deleted or lost Skype messages on your iPhone or iPad.

Step 1: Install and launch PhoneRescue – iOS Data Recovery on your computer (Windows or Mac) > Plug your iPhone or iPad to computer with USB cable.

Step 2: On Welcome Page of PhoneRescue – iOS Data Recovery, click Recover from an iOS Device.

Step 3: Select Skype Messages and Skype Attachment > Click Start Scan to scan your iPhone for lost or deleted Skype history.

Step 4: Preview the Skype conversation in thumbnails > Select the conversation you want to recover > Click Recover button to get them to computer.

Note:

- This method is suit for those who lose Skype messages and their iDevice is still working.

- This method is limited to that your Skype messages are not overwritten, or you can't get them back unless you try the following methods.

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Method 2: Extract Deleted Skype History from iTunes Backup with PhoneRescue

If you are unlucky to get your iPhone broken, lost or stolen, you can follow us to retrieve deleted Skype history on iPhone by extracting them from an iTunes backup.

Step 1: Run iMobie PhoneRescue – iOS Data Recovery on your computer > Select Recover from an iTunes Backup.

Step 2: Select the iTunes backup which contains the Skype messages you want to recover > Click Next to go to next step.

Step 3: Select Skype Messages and Skype Messages Attachments > Click Start Scan to scan this iTunes backup for what you want.

Step 4: Preview the Skype Messages > Select the Skype Messages you want to retrieve > Click Recover button to extract the selected Skype Messages to computer.

Note: This method is limited to that you have made an iTunes backup before losing Skype history from iPhone iPad, and this iTunes backup contains the messages you want to retrieve. If you backed up your iPhone iPad with iCloud instead of iTunes, please refer to the next method.

The Bottom Line

As you can see, with the help of iMobie PhoneRescue – iOS Data Recovery, no matter whether you have made backup or not, you can get a way to recover deleted Skype messages on iPhone iPad. Except recover Skype messages and attachments from iPhone iPad, PhoneRescue – iOS Data Recovery also supports recovering more than 20 types of iOS data and files, such as, Photos, Videos, Music, Messages, Notes, Reminders, etc. Now Free Download PhoneRescue to Explore More >