How to Access iMessages on iCloud from Windows

“I know this question has probably been asked a million time (or more), but is there any way I could view/use my iMessage on my computer? I have a desktop with the Windows 7 system. I have look everywhere and have encountered “no” to be the answer. But..is there any way I could sign into my iCloud account online and use it through there? If not then is there any other way? I think Apple should consider letting users use iMessage on Windows. It would be a lot easier. Thanks in advance!”

Just like the apple user reported, sometimes you want to access iMessages on iCloud from your Windows computer. However, after some tries, you may find iMessages are not accessible from iCloud directly, because iMessages on your iPhone iPad won’t be synced to iCloud.com, instead, they can be backed up to iCloud, but iCloud won’t allow you to preview and access individual backup content like iMessages and other data.

In such case, you need a third-party iCloud backup extractor to help you and we recommend you iOS Data Recovery.

This professional iOS backup extracting tool can download your backups from iCloud server to your PC, enable you to access the specific iMessage conversations. Besides, it offers you a good chance to get not only iMessage texts, but also photos and videos in iMessage attachments. And now, you can get this tool installed on your Windows 7/10/Vista, and follow the below steps to begin your extracting progress.

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How to Access iMessages from iCloud backup to Windows

Step 1. Run this app and choose “Recover from iCloud”.

Access iMessages from iCloud

Step 2. Click the forward icon, enter your Apple ID and password to log into iCloud account.

Enter Apple ID and password to log into iCloud account

Step 3. After this app scans the whole iCloud backups, you can pick up one backup you need and click Download button. And the download time varies based on the data size of your backup and network condition. After the downloading done, click forward icon to proceed.

Pick up one iCloud backup you need

Step 4. Now, you are in your selected iCloud backup. On the left side, choose “Messages” or “Message Attachments” to look at your iMessage texts or attachments like pictures, with the info of date and chat history, pick up your needed ones and export them to computer by clicking “To Computer” button.

How to access iMessages on iCloud from Windows

With iOS Data Recovery, you have a full access to iMessages as well other data like contacts, notes, voicemail from iCloud backup files to your Windows computer. And if you have iTunes backup, it is also capable of extracting iMessages from iTunes to your PC. So why not download it now to give it a try?