There are times when we want to see messages from a blocked number on iPhone. When we receive boring messages and calls from someone, it’s natural to want to block that person’s number. But we may wonder if we have received a message from the blocked number. In this article, we’ll focus on how to see messages from a blocked number on iPhone.
How to See Messages From a Blocked Number on iPhone?
First of all, let’s be clear about this: After blocking a number, you cannot see the messages you receive. But you can see messages sent to you before you blocked the number.
If you block a number, you are not deleting its message history. All text messages are visible before the blocking period. You can find messages from a blocked number by opening your Messages app on your iPhone. But if you have chosen to delete everything, then you will need to resort to iOS’s backup system. iCloud and iTunes backup are the two healthiest solutions to help you with this.
Before you start applying the methods we will talk about in a moment, you need to unblock the person you blocked on iPhone. Here are the steps you need to follow for this:
- First, open the Phone app on your iPhone.
- Then tap the Blocked Contacts tab.
- Tap on the contact or number you want to unblock.
- Swipe to the left with your finger pressed on the number or name of the contact you tapped on.
- Now tap Unblock in the red box on the right side.
- Open the ‘Messages‘ app to see if there are any messages in your messaging history from the person you previously blocked. However, keep in mind that the messages sent by the person during the blocked period may have been automatically deleted.
The person you unblocked can now call and message you again.
How to See Messages from iPhone Blocked Number with iCloud?
- First, go to iCloud.com and sign in with your Apple ID.
- Find the messages you want to see.
- Now go back to iCloud settings on your iPhone and turn off Messages backup.
- You will now see a message. This message will tell you that you can download your messages.
- Finally, you can choose Disable Messages and Download to restore the messages.
How to See Messages from iPhone Blocked Number with iTunes?
Have you synchronized your iPhone with iTunes before? If you have, you can retrieve deleted messages from a blocked number. Note that it is impossible to see incoming messages after blocking a number. Other than that, recovering data from iTunes backup is not very difficult. You can follow the steps below to fully master the process:
- First, connect your iPhone to your computer with iTunes installed.
- Then open the iTunes app and click the device button.
- Now in the Backups section, select Restore Backup.
- Finally, select the most recent backup entry and then select Restore to complete the process.
This is what you can do to see the messages of the person whose number you blocked.
