Restore deleted iMessage conversation

[yellow8]

Hello,

I accidentally deleted an important iMessage conversation.
I have an iTunes backup containing the conversation, but I do not want to restore that backup.

Is there a way to recover a specific iMessage conversation and put it back on my phone ?
If yes, is there a free way to do that ? I'm not afraid of Terminal or advanced stuff.

Searched the web, but there are a lot of expensive software that ask to remove the gatekeeper security, which I'd rather not do .

Thanks a lot for your help.

 

[Kyrazoe]

I think first you should using your iPhone, then open your computer and install Bitwar iPhone Data Recovery.
Last time when I deleted an important iMessage, Bitwar helped me.
To my surprise, it allowed me to preview the files so that I could choose the one I want to restore. Then I got my iMessage back
Maybe you can have a try. Hope it will also help you!

 

[Analog Kid]

If you receive messages on your Mac, there's usually a transcript kept in your library.

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive

And then folders by date and conversation.

You might be able to find it in there. I don't know what happens when you delete a message, and whether it updates the stored transcript. If it does, you might look at Time Machine backups

 

[Minorite]

God guys stop bringing zombie threads to life just to inrease messages counter! They deserve some rest!!!!