How to Transfer Messages from iPhone to iPhone: 6 Top Ways

Your iPhone messages cover various conversations and important information about life, work or other things. When you switch to a new iPhone, syncing these data between iPhones is necessary.

As well-known official tools, you may want to use iCloud or iTunes to finish the process. Or you can rely on some reliable third-party software to make it. All answers are listed in this passage.

Method 1. How to transfer messages from iPhone to iPhone [Fastest & Safe]

As a no-data-loss way to sync messages from iPhone to iPhone after setup, the professional iPhone backup & restore tool - AOMEI FoneBackup is selective and flexible.

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• Preview and select messages on the old iPhone to back up.
• Restore message backup to your new iPhone in one click.
• All data on your targeted iPhone will never be lost.
• There isn’t any Apple ID limitation during the process.
• Super-fast backup & restore speed saves lots of time.
• Various iOS devices and versions are OK (iPhone 16/iOS 18).

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Now you can download AOMEI FoneBackup on your Windows PC to begin the message transfer process. You need to back up your needed messages on old iPhone first, then restore it to your new iPhone.

Step 1. Launch AOMEI FoneBackup > Connect your old iPhone to computer via USB cable. Choose Phone Backup > Selective Backup > Click Get Started to continue.

Step 2. Click the Messages icon to choose the data you need or you can check the icon to back up all messages right now. Then click OK to confirm the choice.

Step 3. If necessary, you can click Backup Storage Path to change the storage location > Click Start Backup to transfer text messages from iPhone to computer.

Step 4. Once the the backup is finished, now you can unplug your old iPhone and plug your new iPhone to the computer via a USB cable > Go to My Backups and click Restore to transfer text messages to new iPhone.

Method 2. How to transfer iMessage to new iPhone with Settings

If you only need to move iMessages, you can turn on iMessage Sync on both devices to make it.

Step 1. Go to Settings app on your iPhones > Tap Messages > Turn on iMessage.

Step 2. Click the Send & Receive option > Confirm the Apple ID used for iMessage sync is correct > Check your phone number and email address to send/receive your messages.

Method 3. How to sync messages from iPhone to iPhone with iCloud sync

Or you can use the iCloud sync feature to import text messages and iMessages to new iPhone.

Step 1. Connect your iPhones to a stable Wi-Fi network.

Step 2. On your source iPhone: Go to Settings > tap [your name] > Choose iCloud and find the Messages option > Toggle it on if it is not.

Step 3. On your targeted iPhone: Do the same process as above and wait for sync. Once the task is finished, check your data from the Messages app.

Method 4. How to copy messages to new iPhone with iCloud backup

For people who need to move all old iPhone data including messages to new iPhone during the setup process, iCloud backup might be a useful way.

Part 1. Back up all old iPhone data to iCloud

Step 1. Connect your source iPhone to a stable Wi-Fi network. Go to Settings > Tap [your name] > Choose iCloud.

Step 2. Tap the iCloud Backup option > Click Back Up Now to upload all data on iPhone to iCloud.

Part 2. Restore iCloud backup to your new iPhone

Once the backup is finished, now you can restore the backup to your targeted iPhone.

Step 3. Set up your new iPhone > Follow the on-screen guidance to operate.

Step 4. Once the Apps & Data screen appears, choose Restore iPhone from iCloud Backup > Enter your Apple ID and password and choose the backup you need to restore from.

Method 5. How to transfer text messages to new iPhone with iTunes

iTunes backup is also available for the message transfer. This way only supports fully back up all your old iPhone data including messages, and then you can restore it to your new iPhone to accomplish the task. And the restoration will erase all data on your new iPhone.

Step 1. Download the latest version of iTunes on computer and install it.

Step 2. Connect the source iPhone to computer via the USB cable > Click the Device tab > Select This Computer > Click Back Up Now to start the backup.

Step 3. Once the process is over, disconnect the old iPhone and plug in your new iPhone. Click Restore Backup under the Summary page with iTunes > Choose the backup you need > Click Restore to begin the task.

Method 6. How to airdrop messages from iPhone to iPhone

With the built-in AirDrop feature on iPhone, sharing messages between iPhones wireless is feasible.

Step 1. Go to the Control Center on your iPhones > Enable the WiFi, Bluetooth and AirDrop options.

Step 2. Or you can go to Settings > General > AirDrop to turn it on. To avoid any unknown errors, you can keep their visibility to Everyone or Everyone for 10 minutes (iOS 16 and later).

Step 3. Launch the Messages app on your source iPhone > Choose the messages you need to transfer. You can also go to any contact and select all the exchanged messages.

Step 4. Tap the share icon and click the AirDrop feature from the provided options. Select the target device from here and accept the incoming data on your new iPhone to receive messages.

Conclusion

Now you can know how to transfer messages from iPhone to iPhone with different Apple ID or same account. To finish the task at a super-fast speed, the safe & professional iPhone data backup & restore software - AOMEI FoneBackup is the best choice. Or you can according to your needs to choose other ways to make it.