Is there a way to recover instagram messages

If your Instagram direct messages were deleted by mistake, don’t worry. You can recover the messages easily without software. Just use one of the methods below.

How to Recover Deleted Instagram Direct Messages Manually

1) Go to Instagram.com. Login to the Instagram web version with your account information.

2) Go to your profile by clicking the account settings icon in the upper-right corner.

3) Click the gear icon then click and select Privacy & Security.

4) Scroll down to Data Download and click Request Download.

5) Click Log In Again, then enter your account information to login to Instagram again.

6) Click Download Data. A ZIP file with all the data you shared on Instagram will be downloaded. The data may include direct messages, photos, videos, etc.

In some cases, a link may be sent to your email address then you need to open the link and download the file from your email.

7) Extract the downloaded file.

8) Open the file ‘messages.jason’ with a text editor or other compatible application you have.

9) Press Ctrl+F on your keyboard, then you can locate the message you wish to recover with the keywords.

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How to Recover Instagram Direct Messages Online

1. Go to the Instagram Message Recovery site.
2. Enter your Username or Profile URL.
3. Click RECOVER MESSAGES.
4. Complete the human verification. The ZIP file included the direct messages will be downloaded.
   

Human verification needs you to answer some short questions. The quantity of the questions could be 40 or more. Answering all questions may take you some time. If you don’t want to spend much time on this, we recommend you recovering the deleted messages manually with the first method.

Hopefully, you find the above steps to help you recover your Instagram deleted direct messages. If you have any questions, ideas, or suggestions, feel free to leave your comments below.

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Camilla, a certified MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional), has almost four years technical writing experience. She is now the author of Super Easy. Before working as a writer, she was a technical support helping people to solve their computer problems. She enjoys providing solutions to computer problems and loves exploring new technologies.

Instagram is a famous social media application used for photos, videos, and direct messages. Users can send messages from their accounts to other users by using the direct message feature on Instagram. However, some users delete their messages by mistake or intentionally and look for a method to recover them. In this article, we will show you how to recover deleted Instagram messages and is it possible or not.

How to Recover Deleted Direct Messages (DMs) from Instagram?

Direct messages on Instagram has the same feature as other online chatting applications. Users can send and unsend messages in DMs, it also has an option to delete the whole conversation. Deleting the full conversation will only delete it from your side and not the other user, while unsending will remove it for both parties. There are many types of third-party applications which are there on the market for recovering Instagram messages. We do not recommend any third-party application that is not trusted for your security. The only working and proved method is to use the Instagram download data feature to recover the deleted messages as shown below:

1. Open the Instagram application on your device and login to your account. Tap on your profile icon, then tap on the menu icon and choose the Settings option.
   
   Opening Instagram Security Settings
2. Choose the Security option in the list and then tap on Download Data. Provide the email address where you want to receive the data and tap the Request Download button.
   
   Requesting Download Data.
3. Enter the Instagram password to confirm the action for downloading data and tap on Next, then tap on Done.
   
   Providing the Instagram account password.
4. You will successfully receive an email with the account information including the messages within 48 hours. Once you get the email, open it and click the Download Data button in the email.
   
   Open the email and click the Download Data button in the email.
5. It will open the browser with the Instagram login page. Sign in to your Instagram account and you will get the Download data button again, press that and your data will be downloaded.
   
   Finally, download the Instagram data for your account.

Additional: Open the Downloaded Messages

You cannot open the data for messages you get in the email directly. The file will be in ‘JSON’ format and needs a JSON editor to open it. You need to download a third-party application that can open JSON files for you. Follow the below steps to open the file that you got in email for messages: