Restore iPhone from backup

Learn how to restore your iPhone from a backup of a NAS or a hard drive. We will explain step by step how to find an iPhone backup and you can restore all or part of your iPhone software.

iPhone Restore Download
For Windows 11
and Windows 10
For iPhone 15, 14, 13, 12 and Max, iPad Pro
and iPhone 11, XR, iPhone X, SE, iPad

How to restore my iPhone with a backup?

  1. If you don't have the iDevice Manager installed yet, you can download the program here.
  2. Start the iDevice Manager and select "Restore" from the left menu.
  3. The following view shows the existing backups created with iTunes or iDevice Manager.
  4. If an empty list is displayed, no backups have been found.
  5. Click with the mouse on the backup, what should be restored. This will highlight it.
  6. Select "Restore" from the top menu to see the restore options.
  7. Activate one or more restore options
    • No restart is useful if only "Remove unrecoverable files" is enabled.
    • Restore System files
    • Restore Settings
    • Restore Apps
    • If the backup is password protected, the backup password must be entered under "Optional Backup password"
  8. Clicking Apply will save the settings for the next restore and start the iPhone or iPad restore.
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iPhone recovery with backup from hard disk

How to restore my iPhone with a backup?

  1. Start iDevice Manager and select "Restore" from the left menu.
  2. The following view shows the already existing iTunes and iDevice Manager backups.
  3. If an empty list is displayed, no backups were found.
  4. To delete an existing iPhone backup, first select one or more backups in the list.
  5. Now select in the menu "Edit" Delete.
  6. Followed by confirm the security question with Yes or Cancel.

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