How to restore iPhone data from iTunes?

To restore data from iTunes to iPhone, you should have iTunes backup. Today I would like to introduce how to sync iPhone with iTunes and how to restore data from iTunes backup.

How to backup iPhone to iTunes?

Open iTunes on computer and click the phone icon to come to the backup and restore page. You will see the iPhone section and Backups section.

iPhone section: you can see all the information about your iPhone, such as the capacity, phone number, iOS version. And you can check for Update and Restore iPhone.

Backups section

In the Automatically Back Up part, you can choose to back up your iPhone data to iCloud or this computer. Also, you can choose to encrypt your iPhone backup if shared your computer with others.

In the Manually Back Up and Restore part, you can back up your iPhone or restore a backup stored on this computer by manual. Click “Back Up Now” to backup, or “Restore Backup..” to restore.

Other options: You can check the option “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected”. Then every time you run iTunes and connect iPhone to computer, it will automatically sync them.

Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi: you can sync your iPhone via Wi-Fi network without USB cables.

How to restore iPhone data from iTunes backup?

As long as you have synced your iPhone to iTunes, you can restore from it on your computer.

If you want to restore entire iTunes backup to your iPhone, such as you reset your iPhone to factory state, you need to retrieve all the data. Launch iTunes and click phone icon to come to the Backups section, click “Restore Backup”. The software will automatically restore the backups to your iPhone.

In addition, you can choose to use an iPhone recovery software to extract data from the iTunes backup. With data recovery software, you do not need to worry about data loss after recovery.

Launch H Data iPhone recovery software on computer which stores the iTunes backup.

Click “View and Restore files from iTunes backups”. The different iTunes backup will list here. If you do not find the backup you need, you can manually select backup by click “Browse For iTunes Backups”.  Select the correct backup. You can configure by the Device name, backup time, and serial number.

Choose the backup and click “SCAN” button. It will automatically scan the iTunes backup for files. You can see the scanning progress bar and percentage.

After scan, you are able to view all the contents. The software nearly can restore all kinds of data.

Click the content type which you need to restore, preview all the files.

Tick the files you need to restore and then click the button to export selected records.