Access WeChat contacts from iTunes backup

“I have done WeChat backup in my iTunes, but how to access WeChat contacts from iTunes backup? Anyone can show me the steps? Thanks!”

WeChat contacts are just as important as contacts in our iPhone. When we have done backup in iTunes, we can restore them from our iTunes backup, this is known by most of us. So doing some backup is very necessary, in case we lost some important information. And many people are just want to access WeChat contacts from iTunes backup. From this page, we’ll show you the steps about how to access WeChat contacts from iTunes backup.

Access WeChat contacts from iTunes backup Directly

Launching your iTunes, click iPhone icon on the top left corner. Then go to Files--Summary, now you’ll see all the files in your iTunes backup.

But it won’t allow us to preview them. If you need to check them, you’ll need to restore them firstly, then view them.

Access WeChat contacts from iTunes backup with iRefone

If you want to preview WeChat contacts from your iTunes backup directly, you’ll need to relay on third-party iOS data recovery tool iRefone, which supports you to preview iPhone data before restoring. Also it allows you to extract iPhone data selectively from iTunes and iCloud backup. What’s more, it can recover more than 16 kinds of files, like contacts, notes, messages, WeChat contacts, photos, reminders ect.

Now we can download and install the free trail version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, launching your iTunes, choose “Recover from iTunes Backup”, then all the files in your iTunes backup will show up.



Step 2. Click “Select” at the end of the files you need, then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon, then click “WeChat Contact” icon, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, then you can preview the WeChat contacts you need. If you need to restore them, you can tap on “Recover to PC”.