Lost or broken your iPhone, iPad or iPod? Deleted something important? Failed iOS update?
iPhone Backup Extractor can recover it all for you. From iTunes backups or iCloud, or your iCloud account. Even if the backup is corrupted.
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Unrivalled support to access, transfer and recover iPhone or iCloud data
Beautiful, accurate exports & previews
Export your message history, contacts, notes, calendars and more
Fanatical support & 5 Trustpilot rating
We care too much to outsource our support. Reach out for a screenshare session! 😀
Forensically sound exports
Our exports are comprehensive and forensically sound. We've got you covered.
Corrupt backup support
Having issues restoring a corrupted backup? We've got built-in support for corruption recovery
We won't store or sell your data
Governed by the toughest data laws in the world, and recommended by some Apple Geniuses
Top-tier iCloud support
Noone supports iCloud like we do. 2FA, iCloud Photo Library, Photo Stream, and more
Trusted around the world
Reincubate is a values-led, British business 🇬🇧, recognised by the King.
Screen Time passcode recovery
Painlessly recover your forgotten Screen Time passcode and parental restriction settings
& yes, there's more...
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Get your data back from every app that’s on iOS or iCloud. That’s over 2 million of them.
Photos & videos
- Recover your lost or deleted iPhone photos and videos from your iTunes backups
- Easily download images and videos stored in your iCloud backup
- Recover photos and videos from 3rd-party iOS apps from your iTunes or iCloud backup
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Social & messaging
- Recover your lost or deleted iPhone SMS, iMessages, Kik, Hike, Viber and WhatsApp messages
- Extract iOS messages from unencrypted or encrypted (password protected) iTunes backups
- Download and retrieve SMS messages from your iCloud backup
- Preview all your text messages in a gorgeous PDF, HTML or CSV formats
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Screen Time passcode
- Recover a lost or forgotten Screen Time passcode from your iPhone or iPad backup
- Recover a lost parental control restrictions passcode
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Contacts & calendar
- Recover lost iOS contacts in CSV or vCard format for import into Contacts, Webmail, etc.
- Extract contacts from your iTunes or iCloud backup
- Download contacts directly from an iCloud services
- Easily put your contacts back on your iPhone in just a few steps
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& many other apps
- Extract app data from your iTunes or iCloud backup, or iCloud account
- Retrieve game scores, pictures, messages, chat history, app settings and all your other app data
- Recover calendar entries, notes, recordings, voicemails, call history, location data, Safari bookmarks and more
- Candy Crush scores, WhatsApp pictures, Skype chats, Gmail app settings and more, accessed in just a few clicks
- Delete, replace or add a file to your backup so you can restore it afterwards with iTunes
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We do this for every iOS device ever made
iPhone Backup Extractor runs on any Mac (10.11+) or PC (Windows 7 SP1 or newer).
Supports every iOS device
iPhone 16, 16 Pro. Everything older, including iPad and iPod Touch.
Supports every iOS & beta
iOS 18 and 17, and every earlier version. We started with iOS 1.
No recovery drama
We were first to support encrypted backups, iCloud & 2FA. Corrupted backups, too!
More features
Backup encryption is no obstacle
We support every encrypted iTunes backup format & can help recover lost passcodes
Free edition lasts forever
Browse, preview, and export your data up to four files at a time. We don't believe in time limits!
Get data in easy-to-import files
Export your contacts & calendar to easily-readable formats, making import hassle-free
30-day money back
There's no risk in trying us out: if we can't help, we'll refund you straightaway
Location data
Extract all the location data from your backups, phone and EXIF data in a single click
Regular update schedule
Data formats change every day, but we're on it: just check out our release notes
Edit your iTunes backup
Need to patch your iPhone's contents? Edit and restore your backup
Convert iCloud backups to iTunes
Need to download an iCloud backup for use with iTunes? No problem
Support for Apple Watch data
We specifically highlight data from your Apple Watch, making it easy to work with
Rich sample data to help you explore
We include a lovely sample backup for you to see at a glance how we can help
Integrated Plist viewer
Easily view and edit Apple's proprietary file formats without needing another program
Go ahead. Try it out!
See how much you can recover with iPhone Backup Extractor
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