5 Ways to Recover Deleted Viber Messages on iPhone in 2024

User Concern

“I have deleted Viber unintentionally, and I downloaded it again, but all messages are deleted. Is there any way to bring it back?”

Viber is a popular messaging & calling app that allows users to make international calls or send texts, images, videos, and audio files for free.

For users who use Viber a lot, they may have plenty of valuable messages and attachments stored in Viber. Losing or deleting Viber messages by mistake can cause many troubles.

If you are in such a situation, don't worry; keep reading and follow the steps below on how to recover deleted Viber messages on your iPhone.

1. Recover Deleted Viber Messages on iPhone without Backup

Actually, the deleted Viber messages are still saved on the database of iPhone until they are overwritten. What is required is to extract the deleted Viber messages on the iPhone. FoneGeek iPhone Data Recovery can easily extract and recover Viber messages and other data from iPhone directly, even without any backup.

Why Choose FoneGeek iPhone Data Recovery:

• Recover up to 20 types of data from iPhone and iPad, including the built-in App data and 3rd-party app data (messages, photos, videos, contacts, WhatsApp, Viber, Kik messages, etc.
• Supports selectively extracting and recovering data from iTunes and iCloud backup without restoring iPhone/iPad.
• A free trial version is also provided for users to preview iPhone data and iTunes/iCloud backup before recovery.
• It is fully compatible with iPhone 15/14/13 running iOS 17/16 or earlier version.

Here's how to recover Viber chat history from your iPhone without backup:

Step 1. Download and install FoneGeek iPhone Viber Recovery on your computer. Launch the program and select "Recover Data from iOS Devices," then click "Start."

Step 2. Connect your iPhone to the computer via a USB cable. Once the device is detected, choose "Viber" and other data you want to recover, then click "Scan" to begin scanning.

Step 3. After the scanning process is complete, you should be able to view all the data on your iPhone listed in the category. Click "Viber" and check the deleted vibes messages that you want to retrieve, then click "Recover to PC."

2. Restore iPhone Viber Messages from Previous Backup

If you've previously backed up your Viber chat history on your iPhone, you can restore it directly from the backup. Below are the three options to restore deleted Viber messages from a backup.

2.1 Restore from Viber Backup

If you have previously backed up Viber chats through its inbuilt backup feature on your iPhone, you can get the deleted Viber messages back by restoring the backup after reinstalling. Follow these simple steps:

Back Up Viber Messages

• On your iPhone, open the Viber app and tap on the More icon.
• Then go to Settings > Viber Backup and tap on Back up now.
• You can also choose Auto Backup to automatically backup Viber messages on your iPhone.

Restore Viber Messages

• Ensure that your iPhone is signed in with the same iCloud account where the backup is stored.
• Reinstall the Viber app and activate it with the same phone number.
• The application will inform you to restore from the previous backup; just tap on Restore now.

Limitations of Restoring from Previous Viber Backup:

• You can only restore Viber messages to the same platform, like iPhone to iPhone or Android to Android, with the same phone number.
• Not all your Viber messages will be restored since Viber won't back up the media messages or hidden chat history.

2.2 Restore from iTunes Backup

If you have regularly backed up an iPhone with iTunes, you can also restore the device from the backup to get back the deleted Viber chats. However, this method won't allow you to view the data in the backup, and all data on your iPhone will be replaced and deleted.

• Connect your iPhone to the computer via a USB cable and launch iTunes.
• Click the device icon when it appears in iTunes and click on Restore Backup.
• Choose the backup containing the Viber messages and click Restore to begin the restoring process.

Note: If you are not sure that the iTunes backup contains the deleted Viber messages, you can also use FoneGeek iPhone Data Recovery to extract Viber messages from the iTunes backup.

Step 1. Launch FoneGeek iPhone Data Recovery and select "Recover Data from iTunes Backup." Select one iTunes backup that may contain the deleted Viber messages and click "Next."

Step 2. Now choose "Viber" and any other types of data you want to restore from iTunes, then tap on "Scan" to begin scanning the iTunes backup.

Step 3. After the scanning process, you can preview the deleted Viber messages and choose the conversations you need, then tap on "Recover to PC" to export them to your computer.

2.3 Restore from iCloud Backup

If you backed up your iPhone with iCloud before deleting the Viber chats, you could get your Viber messages back by restoring your iPhone from the backup. Similar to restoring from iTunes backup, all the existing data and settings on your iPhone will be erased.

• On your iPhone, go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone and tap on Erase All Data and Settings.
• Set up your iPhone and in the Apps & Data screen, choose Restore from iCloud Backup.
• Sign in to your iCloud account and choose the backup that includes the Viber messages; the restoring process will begin.

Note: If you're not sure whether your iCloud backed up the deleted Viber messages or not, we recommend you not do the full restore. You can follow the steps below to selectively recover Viber messages from iCloud backup with FoneGeek iPhone Data Recovery.

Step 1. Launch FoneGeek iPhone Data Recovery and select "Recover Data from iCloud." Then log in to iCloud with your Apple ID and password.

Step 2. Choose an iCloud backup according to the backup time or size, then click "Next," and the software will begin scanning the iCloud backup.

Step 3. After that, you should view the details of Viber messages when you click Viber from the data types. When necessary, you can click "Recover to PC" to save the Viber messages to your computer.

3. Recover Viber Messages on iPhone via Email

If you have ever shared Viber messages via email (Viber > More > Settings > Calls and Messages > Email Message History), you can log into the email where you sent these Viber messages and download these Viber messages and attachments to your computer or iPhone.

Note

Please note that the pictures and videos won't be sent via email. The Viber chats are saved in CSV files and cannot be restored to your iPhone.

The Bottom Line

Now that you've learned 5 ways to recover deleted Viber messages on YOUR iPhone. As you can see, the best way to avoid data loss is to make a regular backup of your iPhone. Though you can restore from Viber backup, iTunes, or iCloud backup, all of them have limitations. In such case, we recommend you try FoneGeek iOS Backup & Restore to backup and restore Viber chats on your iPhone.