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Demetriun
Brass Contributor
May 20, 2026

iPhone backup extractor and viewer software that works on Windows PC?

I have several iTunes backups of my iPhone stored on my Windows PC and I'd like to be able to view and extract specific data from them, such as photos, messages, contacts, and notes. I don't want to ...
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JulianneRobinson
Iron Contributor
May 20, 2026

Reincubate iPhone Backup Extractor.

It is a Windows and macOS desktop app for viewing, extracting, and recovering data from iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch backups. It can pull out items such as messages, photos, videos, contacts, notes, calendars, voice memos, call history, WhatsApp data, and other app files from local iTunes/Finder backups.

It also supports encrypted backups, corrupted backups, iCloud account data, and all iOS versions/devices, including newer iOS releases.

How to view or extract data from iPhone backup:

1. Install the iPhone Backup Extractor on Windows or Mac.

2. Open the program and let it detect iTunes/Finder backups.

3. Select the iPhone backup from the sidebar.

4. Choose a category such as Messages, Photos, Contacts, WhatsApp, or App View.

5. Preview the content, then export it as files such as PDF, CSV, VCF, HTML, or media files, depending on the data type.

It is a useful iPhone backup viewer when you want to recover data from an old backup, export iPhone text messages for printing or legal records, save contacts to a computer, recover deleted items that still existed at the time of backup, or access files from a backup without restoring the whole backup to an iPhone.