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Connect an iPhone or Android phone by USB and scan it for deleted photos, videos, messages, contacts and call history.
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Foxerly Phone Recovery
Get deleted photos, messages and contacts back from your phone
Foxerly Phone Recovery connects to your iPhone or Android phone from your Windows PC, or reads the phone backups already on your computer, and shows you what can still be recovered before you pay.
- iPhone and Android
- Free scan and preview
- Read-only
What Foxerly Phone Recovery does
Recover from a phone backup
Read the iPhone backups already saved on your PC, and pull out single photos or conversations without restoring the whole phone.
Preview before you pay
See the photos, read the messages and check the contacts that were found before recovering anything.
Read-only
Scanning reads from the phone and the backup. Nothing on the phone is changed, deleted or reset.
Readable exports
Messages are saved as HTML you can open in any browser, contacts as VCF or CSV, and photos and videos in their original format.
Many kinds of data
Photos, videos, messages, contacts, call history, notes, voice memos and attachments, depending on the phone and backup.
How to use Foxerly Phone Recovery
- 1
Connect or choose a backup
Plug in your phone with a USB cable, or pick an iPhone backup that is already on this PC.
- 2
Scan and preview
Foxerly Phone Recovery lists everything it can read, sorted by type, with deleted items marked.
- 3
Recover to your PC
Select what you want back and save it to a folder on your computer.
When Foxerly Phone Recovery helps
Phones store deleted data differently from PCs, and what can be recovered depends on the phone, how long ago it happened and whether a backup exists.
Deleted photos and videos
Pictures removed from the gallery and then cleared from the recently deleted album.
Lost messages and contacts
Conversations deleted by mistake, or contacts that disappeared after a sync problem or reset.
Photos inside an old backup
Get single photos or chats out of an iPhone backup on your PC without wiping your current phone to restore it.
Before you sell or trade in
Pull everything you still want off an old phone or its backups before it leaves your hands.
Check these places first
Before scanning, it is worth checking the places where phones keep deleted items for a while. They are free and often have exactly what you are looking for.
- Recently Deleted on iPhone. The Photos app keeps deleted pictures and videos in the Recently Deleted album for about 30 days.
- The bin in your gallery or cloud photo app. Most Android gallery apps and cloud photo services keep deleted items in a bin for a limited time.
- Your cloud backup. If the phone backs up to a cloud account, older copies of messages and contacts may still be there.
If none of these have it, a scan with Foxerly Phone Recovery is the next step. Backups on your PC usually give the best results, because they are a snapshot of the phone from before the data was deleted.
Technical details
- Works on
- Windows 11 and Windows 10, 64-bit
- Phones
- iPhone and iPad, and Android phones with USB file access
- Sources
- Connected phones and iPhone backups stored on the PC
- Data types
- Photos, videos, messages, contacts, call history, notes and voice memos
- Exports
- Original media files, HTML for messages, VCF and CSV for contacts
Foxerly Phone Recovery questions
Can I recover photos after clearing Recently Deleted?
Sometimes. Once cleared, the photos are no longer in the album, but they may still be in an older iPhone backup on your PC or partly on the phone. The free scan shows you what is there.
Is recovery possible without a backup?
It can be, but results vary more. Modern phones encrypt and clean up deleted space, so a backup made before the deletion gives the best chance.
Will scanning change anything on my phone?
No. Foxerly Phone Recovery only reads from the phone and from backups. It does not delete, reset or modify anything.
Can it read iPhone backups I already have on my PC?
Yes. It finds the backups on your computer and lets you browse them and take out single items, without restoring the whole phone.
Does it work with Android phones?
Yes. What can be read depends on the phone model and its settings, and the scan shows you exactly what is available on yours.
Do I need to keep the phone connected during the scan?
Yes. Keep the cable connected and the phone unlocked until the scan finishes.