Let’s imagine someone is sending you all these annoying text messages and for the sake of your own well-being, you decide to block that person. Now, is it possible to still see or view blocked messages on iPhone?
If you wish to view the old messages on iPhone that led to you blocked him or her then the answer is yes. If you haven’t deleted them, you can simply open the messages app, press ‘More / Archived’ and you will find all the messages that have been blocked or archived in that folder. And If you have deleted the messages that you have received before blocking a number, you can recover the deleted messages.
However, if you wish to view the messages that may have been sent to you after you have blocked a person (and before you decide to unblock them if you do so), you won’t be able to do that on iPhone. Once you have blocked a contact, his or her messages won’t be delivered to you, but simply lost in the ether. There is no blocked folder for storing the messages from blocked numbers like there is on Android phones. If you want to read the messages they have sent to you, you must unblock them and simply ask them to resend the messages to your iPhone.
How To Check If You Mistakenly Blocked Someone Important
As we have already established, you can easily block one or more people on your iPhone to prevent them from calling you or sending you messages. After you have blocked a person, you will no longer receive or view their messages on your iPhone. Blocking a contact is a useful feature if the person has been bothering you. But sometimes, we can block an important contact by mistake and thus stop receiving their messages. Luckily, you can easily check, whether you have mistakenly blocked someone and even unblock the person if you wish to do so. Simply follow the instructions below.
- For phone calls: Go to ‘Settings’, press ‘Phone’, select ‘Call Blocking & Identification’. See the list of contacts you have blocked.
- For messages: Go to ‘Settings’, press ‘Messages’, and select ‘Blocked’. See the list of contacts you have blocked.
What To Do Before Restoring Blocked Messages On iPhone
Before restoring blocked messages, you can first unblock a blocked contact. To do so, follow the process below:
For phone calls:
- Step 1: Go to ‘Settings’.
- Step 2: Press ‘Phone’.
- Step 3: Select ‘Call Blocking & Identification’ – there you will be able to see the list of contacts you have blocked.
- Step 4: Unblock the person by selecting his or her name or number and clicking on the ‘Edit’ button or swiping left.
For messages:
- Step 1: Go to ‘Settings’.
- Step 2: Press ‘Messages’.
- Step 3: Select ‘Blocked’ – there you will be able to see the list of contacts you have blocked.
- Step 4: Unblock the person by selecting his or her name or number and clicking on the ‘Edit’ button and then ‘Unblock’ or swiping left.
On the other hand, if you wish to block a person on iPhone, you can do so by following these steps:
- Step 1: Go to ‘Settings’.
- Step 2: Press ‘Messages’, ‘Phone’, or ‘FaceTime’.
- Step 3: Select ‘Blocked’ – there you will be able to see the list of contacts you have blocked.
- Step 4: Tap on the ‘Add new’ button. Choose the contact or number you wish to block and press ‘Done’ to confirm and complete the process.
How To View Blocked Messages On iPhone
If you wish to view the old messages that you have received before you blocked a number and if you haven’t deleted them, you can do so by simply opening the iPhone messages app and pressing ‘More / Archived’. There, you will find all the messages that have been blocked or archived.
If you wish to view old messages that you have deleted, you must retrieve them first. Now, there are several different ways to retrieve old deleted messages on iPhone. You can all the ways to retrieve deleted blocked text messages on iPhone below.
1. Retrieve blocked text messages from iTunes backup
Good news! If you have been backing up your data regularly, then it is easy to retrieve deleted messages from a number you have since blocked. Just follow the instructions below.
- Step 1: Launch TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery on your computer and connect your iPhone with the computer using a USB cable. Choose ‘Recover from iTunes backup’ on the main screen.
- Step 2: Press ‘Scan’ to review your data and select ‘Messages’ on the left column.
- Step 3: Find the lost messages you wish to restore and click the ‘Recover’ option. This will restore the selected messages to the computer.
2. Retrieve blocked text messages from iCloud backup
You can also retrieve your backed-up data from iCloud. The steps are simple, as you can see below.
- Step 1: Launch TunesKit iOS Data Recovery on your computer and connect your iPhone with the computer using a USB cable. Choose ‘Recover from iCloud backup’ on the main screen.
- Step 2: Enter your Apple ID and password to log in. Select the device and model.
- Step 3: Choose the deleted messages you wish to restore under the ‘Messages’ column and click the ‘Recover’ option. This will restore the selected messages to the computer.
3. Retrieve blocked text messages with TunesKit iOS Data Recovery without a backup
TunesKit iPS Data Recovery can help you retrieve deleted messages even if you don’t have an iTunes or iCloud backup. Here is how to do so:
- Step 1: Open TunesKit iOS Data Recovery software on your computer and connect your phone to the computer. Choose the ‘Recover from iDevice’ mode.
- Step 2: As the data and device show up on the screen, choose the categories on the right column that you wish to scan. Press the ‘Scan’ button. You will be able to see the progress below.
- Step 3: When the scan is finished, the data will appear on the left column. Preview the messages you wish to retrieve and click on them. Press ‘Recover’ and the recovering process will begin.
4. Retrieve blocked text messages with iCare Data Recovery
Another way to retrieve deleted messages from blocked or other numbers without a backup is with the free iCare Data Recovery program. See the process below.
- Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iCare Data Recovery on your computer.
- Step 2: Choose ‘Restore from iOS device’ option and click on ‘Scan’. Wait for the scanning process to finish.
- Step 3: Preview the data and choose the messages you need to recover.
5. Retrieve blocked text messages with Gihosoft
Gihosoft Free iPhone Data Recovery is a professional and user-friendly tool to recover deleted files from iPhone, including messages, contacts, call history, photos, videos, voicemail, WhatsApp messages, and more. Gihosoft Free iPhone Recovery software also enables you to recover deleted messages from iTunes or iCloud backup (if you have one, of course). This also allows you to retrieve messages and other data if your device is lost or stolen. In this case, simply skip the device connection step and press ‘View iTunes backup’ or ‘View iCloud backup’.
- Step 1: Download and install Gihosoft on your computer. As the program comes in two versions – one for Windows devices and one for Apple computers, make sure to download the right one.
- Step 2: Launch the program. Choose ‘Messages’ or any other type of data you wish to recover. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
- Step 3: Connect your iPhone to the computer with a USB cable and wait for the program to automatically detect it. As soon as the software will recognize the device, click ‘Next’ to scan it for deleted files.
- Step 4: When the scan is completed, all the files that can be recovered will be displayed and sorted by file types. You will be able to preview the messages and retrieve them. Simply choose the messages you wish to recover and click on the ‘Recover’ button to save them to your computer.
Afterward, you will be able to open the exported folder where all of your retrieved files have been saved. Search for the file ‘index.html’ and open it to view all text data.
6. Retrieve blocked text messages with Fonecope
Fonecope iPhone Data Recovery is another professional data recovery tool that can safely retrieve blocked messages from all your iPhone models. It can also help you restore blocked messages from iPhone, iTunes backup files, and iCloud backup files, plus stop your messages from disappearing randomly in the future to prevent you from losing any data. In addition, to text messages and iMessages, the program will also help you recover messages from third-party apps, such as WhatsApp messages, Skype messages, Wechat, and Kik messages.
- Step 1: Download and install Fonecope on your computer. As Fonecope comes in two versions – one for Windows devices and one for Apple computers, make sure to select the right one.
- Step 2: Launch the program. Run the program on your computer and select ‘Recover from iOS device’ mode.
- Step 3: Choose the data type you wish to recover (in our example ‘Messages’. Connect your iPhone to your computer and press ‘Scan’.
- Step 4: The program will scan your text messages or iMessages, both the existing and the deleted ones, and you will be able to view them. Choose the ones you wish to retrieve and click ‘Recover’ to download text messages.
7. Retrieve blocked text messages with EaseUS MobiSaver
EaseUS MobiSaver is a program that allows users to recover lost data (including messages, contacts, photos, videos, call history, WhatsApp messages, etc.) with ease. In case you have an iTunes or iCloud backup, this program will also help you extract data from there, even if your device is lost.
- Step 1: Download and install EaseUS MobiSaver.
- Step 2: Launch the program on your computer and connect your phone to the computer.
- Step 3: Choose ‘Recover from iOS Device’ and click ‘Scan’.
- Step 4: When the scanning process is finished, preview the found data. Press ‘File type’ on the left side to do so. Select the files you wish to retrieve and press ‘Recover’ to export them to your PC.
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FAQs – Frequently Ask Questions
What happens to texts when you unblock someone?
Text messages of all sorts from blocked contacts don’t show up anywhere on your device. Unblocking the contacts doesn’t show any messages sent to you when the contacts were blocked. However, once you unblock a contact, you can ask the person to resend the messages to you.
Can I see messages from someone I blocked on Whatsapp?
WhatsApp is no different than regular text messages. As such, you are able to see the messages you have sent to a person before you blocked him or her (even if you have deleted those messages), however, the messages that have been sent your way since you have blocked a contact cannot be recovered in any way.
What happens when someone you blocked tries to text you?
Nothing. They won’t even know that you have blocked them so they can send you a message but it will get lost in the ether. Neither the sender nor the receiver will be notified of the failed attempt.
How to See Blocked Calls on iPhone and Unblock Them?
If you have blocked a number from your Recent Calls list on your iPhone, you can check and view the blocked number in your Blocked List. Go to ‘Settings’, select the ‘Phone’ tab, and press ‘Blocked’. There, you will see your list of blocked numbers. Tap ‘Edit’ to remove a number from this list and unblock it.
When you block someone do they know?
No, they can send countless text messages without ever getting a notification that their number has been blocked.
How to Unlock Contact to Receive Messages from a Blocked Contact?
If you wish to receive new messages from a blocked contact, you must unblock them. First, go to iPhone ‘Settings’ and press ‘Messages’. Select ‘Blocked’ – there you will be able to see the list of contacts you have blocked and unblock the person by selecting his or her name or number and clicking on the ‘Edit’ button and then ‘Unblock’. Alternatively, you can also simply swipe left.
Can you see if a blocked number has tried to contact you?
Android phones allow you to do so with the use of the call and SMS blocking tool (assuming that they have the tool on their device). Then, they can press the card call and see the history of calls received and blocked by the device from numbers you have previously blocked. However, iPhone users don’t have this option and can’t see if a blocked number has tried to contact them.
Why am I still getting text messages from a blocked number iPhone?
Perhaps you haven’t blocked them properly. Make sure to block both the number and the Apple caller ID.
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