Sometimes when you check your chat history on Kik, you might not be able to find some old messages. So where is Kik's chat history on your iPhone or Android phone? Is there a way to view your old Kik messages on your device? You may have saved a lot of important information about Kik. In this article, we are going to show you several methods to recover your old Kik messages..
1. Does Kik delete messages automatically?
The answer is yes. Kik automatically deletes old messages. This is because Kik does not save all your chat history and automatically deletes old messages when you have exceeded the maximum number of messages you can store on Kik.
On Kik for iPhone, you can only see the last 1000 messages of your recent chats. For discussions you had more than 2 days ago, only the last 500 messages can be seen..
On Kik for Android, you can only see the last 600 posts in the chats you've had for 2 days. And for older chats, only the last 200 messages will be kept on your device.
2. Why is Kik deleting old messages?
Kik does not store your messages on their servers, but instead all your messages are stored directly on your phone's memory..
However, your mobile phone memory is limited, and Kik cannot use all of its memory to store its ever increasing messages, photos and videos. Therefore, Kik should set a rule to automatically delete old messages to save the space used by the app on your phone's memory.
3. Where is your chat history and how do I view old Kik posts?
Your Kik messages are stored locally on your device (directly in the Kik app). At this time, there is no way to save your chats on Kik. Therefore, you cannot restore your old Kik messages from a backup.
If you want to recover your old Kik messages which were automatically deleted from the app then you will need a data recovery tool. FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery (opens new window) is a tool that allows you to recover old messages from Kik, Viber, Messenger, WhatsApp, etc. from your iPhone. As long as the data of your old Kik messages has not been overwritten by new messages or data on your iPhone memory, FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery software will be able to extract your old Kik messages and display them on your computer. .
Moreover, if you have backed up your iPhone with iCloud or iTunes, then iPhone Data Recovery can also recover your old Kik messages directly from your previous backups.
# Step 1: Install FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery on your PC / Mac
Click on any of the downloads buttons below to get iPhone data recovery software on your computer. The software has a version for Windows and a version for Mac.
# Step 2: Choose a recovery method to get your Kik messages back
Run the program after downloading and installing it on your computer. There are 3 ways to retrieve your chat history on Kik:
- Recover from iOS device: With this method, you need to connect your iPhone with the Kik app to a computer and then let the program search your Kik chat history directly from the device.
- Recover from iTunes backup: With this method, the software detects iTunes backups on your computer and extracts data from needed backup. If your Kik messages are included in the backup, then you will be able to recover them from it.
- Recover from iCloud Backup: With this method, you need to log into your iCloud account to be able to view the contents of your iCloud backups and see if your old Kik messages are in any of your backups.
No matter which choice you make, just follow the onscreen instructions to continue.
# Step 3: Recover old Kik messages
After FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery finds all your iPhone data, click “Kik” or “Kik Attachments” to view your Kik chat history including messages, photos sent / received , videos, and contacts.
4. Is there a way to backup Kik messages, photos, and videos?
If you have important information, images, or videos that you don't want to lose on Kik, then you can save your Kik chat history before signing out of your account or uninstalling the app.
# Save photos and videos to Kik:
To save Kik videos or pictures that you received to your iPhone, you can download Kik videos and photos one by one.
- Select the video or image in Kik that you want to save.
- Press and hold the video or image.
- Click the download arrow in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Select "Download" to have Kik download the video / image and save it to the Photos app on your iPhone.
# Save Kik messages
To save your messages on Kik, you can take a screenshot of the conversations you want to save. Or, you can backup your entire chat history on Kik using FonePaw iOS Data Backup & Restore (opens new window) . With this tool, you will not only be able to backup your text messages but also all the photos and videos you sent or received in Kik.
The backup will be stored on your computer so that you can view your chat history from the backup at any time on your computer. Moreover, you can also add a password to your Kik backup in order to encrypt it.
Besides, other data on your iPhone or iPad like your contacts, messages, photos, videos, podcasts, music, WhatsApp or Messenger chats, etc. can also be backed up by FonePaw iOS Data Backup & Restore.
