How to View Text Messages on iCloud from PC/Mac

Once you activate your iCloud account, you will gain 5 GB of free online storage. And you can use the storage to backup iPhone text messages and other iOS contents, so that you always have a copy of iPhone data in case you lose them. However, iCloud doesn’t offer you an option to view any backup details including messages.

But now, it becomes possible to see iCloud messages with the help of some third-party backup viewers and we highly recommend iOS data recovery tool to you. And below, we introduce some features of it as your reference.

• Download backup from iCloud server and let you look at text messages and attached images.
• Allow you to export iCloud backup messages to device or computer freely.
• Enable you to access other data and files such as iMessages, WhatsApp messages, contacts and more.

Before starting, you need to install this app on Windows/Mac and begin to view your messages on iCloud by following the below 4 steps.

 How to see text messages on iCloud with this software

Step 1. Run this software, get iPhone connected to computer via data cable and select “Recover from iCloud”.

How to see text messages on iCloud backup

Step 2. Click “Next” icon, enter your Apple ID and pass code to log into iCloud account to scan your backups.

Enter Apple ID and password to log into iCloud account

Pick up one iCloud backup you ne

Step 3. After scan, you can see all your iCloud backups, pick up one backup you want and click Download button. It will take you some time to download that backup. After the downloading done, click the right arrow to continue.

Pick up one iCloud backup you need

Step 4. Under “Personal Data”, choose “Messages” or “Message Attachments” to view your chat history or attached pictures, with the info of date and specific conversations. And you can also pick up your need ones and download them to iPhone or computer by clicking the bottom right corner.

How to view text messages on iCloud

With iOS Data Recovery, you are able to view and download text messages as well other iPhone data like photos, notes and so on from iCloud backup. In addition, it also lets you look at iTunes backup messages on computer. We do hope this tool will help you. Please feel free to download it and have a nice try.