4 Methods to Recover Deleted Instagram Direct Messages

Delete your DM messages on Instagram but don’t know how to recover them? Here are the top methods to recover deleted instagram messages.

As Instagram direct messages are widely used, it is not uncommon to accidentally or intentionally delete some of them. What if we want to recover deleted Instagram messages. Here are the best ways to do this.

1. Retrieve Deleted Instagram Messages with Instagram Data Download Option

Instagram develops a feature that lets you to download data like comments, photos or profile info and more else. Before operate it, do notice that it can only request once from your account and additionally will cost you 48 hours to collect all data for later sending.
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Step 1: Visit instagram.com to sign in your account;
Step 2: Press the profile setting icon at the top right corner;
Step 3: Tap on the gear icon and click the “Privacy and Security” option from pop-up window;
Step 4: Find “Data Download” and go to click “Request Download”;
Step 5: Type in your email address and log in again to “Download Data”. In a while, a zip file will be downloaded for you.

2. Restore deleted Instagram messages via Associated Facebook Account

Another proved solution is to check Facebook’s inbox as long as you have connected/logged in Instagram with Facebook. Now, let’s go direct to make it by following the steps below:
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Step 1: Navigate to Facebook’s official website to sign in your own Facebook account;
Step 2: Go for checking the inbox and find “Instagram Direct” in the left side;
Step 3: All Instagram Direct messages will appear for you to get back.

3. Recover from Instagram Message Recovery Website Online

Sure, you can also use an online workaround, Instagram Message Recovery, to recover the deleted Instagram Direct messages. What you should note is that this free online tool comes with some bugs and many users complain about it, especially when you’re doing human verification. Anyhow, you can also give it a try if none solution is feasible for you.
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Step 1: Go forward to Instagram Message Recovery online to enter your username as well as profile URL as request;
Step 2: Press on the “Recover Messages” button to continue when you finish account login;
Step 3: You’ll be asked to finish human verification and after that you can start to recover deleted Instagram messages.

4. Recover Instagram Direct Messages Using Instagram Direct Message Recovery

Joyoshare iPhone Data Recovery is a trusted Instagram message recovery app. It has ability to recover your deleted Instagram Direct messages from iPhone 11 Pro/XS/XR/X/8/7, iPad Pro, iPod touch 5, etc. This tool also supports all iOS versions without problem, including iOS 13.

Aside from Instagram messages, there are more available supported data, like WhatsApp, Kik, Viber, photos, videos, notes, reminders, call history, calendars, voicemails, etc. Best of all, this excellent software will only take up less disk space than others and all temporal files generated in the process of recovery will be emptied in the end. You can even preview the decrypted data in real time to selectively choose desired items.

Key Features of Joyoshare iPhone Data Recovery:

Recover deleted Instagram photos, messages, videos, etc.

With three modes to recover from iDevice, iTunes and iCloud backup

Perform well to recover data from iDevices running iOS 13

Scan data fast, preview in real time and recover messages selectively

Step 1 Open Joyoshare program and connect iPhone

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Equip your computer with Joyoshare iPhone Data Recovery and connect iPhone to it via USB cable. The device info and supported data types will be presented in this “Recover from iDevice” mode.

Step 2 Scan Instagram messages from iPhone

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You should head to the right section to choose data types, like “App Document” or something else. Then you can click the “Scan” button on the bottom right to start data search.

Step 3 Preview and recover Instagram messages to computer

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Once the scan process ends, all selected and recoverable data will be put into different categories. In the left pane, you can check desired files. Just choose the Instagram messages you would like to restore and hit the “Recover” option to save to computer.

Summary

We understand retrievial of deleted Instagram messages may be troublesome. But with this guide, we are sure that your patience will pay off and the messages will be recovered.

Author: Joyoshare

Joyoshare is a multimedia and iOS software developer and provider specialized in the video field for years. With advanced technologies and a professional R&D team, Joyoshare is dedicated to developing the best video audio solutions and iOS utilities, including screen recorder, video cutter, video editor, video repair, iPhone data recovery, iPhone passcode unlocker, iOS system recovery, etc. to customers all around the world. With thoughtful and high-quality service, Joyoshare has won a high reputation from millions of users from the past years.

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