Instagram and Facebook Messenger are both equally loved and the most widely used messaging applications globally. Due to most business and general communication shifted online, the message pile-up is inevitable and sometimes leads to abrupt deletion by the user. Sometimes the important and recent messages get deleted and it is difficult to recover deleted Instagram messages as they get deleted permanently from the device.
I have extensively searched and tried methods to recover deleted Instagram messages and have complied an elaborate post that can help you to get back your important messages in no time. Also, these methods have been completely verified by me and tried repeatedly before recommending them to all the readers.
Methods to Recover Deleted Instagram Messages
Method 1: Via Instagram Data
This method makes use of your Instagram data stored on their servers to recover deleted Instagram messages. I have found this method to be the most accurate one in the recovery of deleted messages and many more minuscule details that you may not have noticed otherwise. Follow the below-mentioned steps to recover your Instagram data:
- Log in to your Instagram account. Make sure to do it using the website as the application doesn’t present a lot of options that are found on the Instagram website.
- Locate the profile icon on the top right corner and then click on the ‘Edit Profile‘ button present on the profile page.

- Navigate to the left side of the page and find the ‘Privacy and Security’ settings label and click on it.

- You will notice that there are two labels containing the term data, namely ‘Account Data‘ and ‘Data Download’.
- If you want to categorically view everything pertaining to your Instagram profile you can visit this option but it doesn’t contain the recover deleted Instagram messages option.
- For that, you have to click on the ‘Data Download‘ option and then input the working email address where Instagram will send you the data.

- You can also select the information format in which you want to receive the data. I will advise you to proceed with the default ‘HTML‘ settings.

- Click on the ‘Next‘ button and you will be asked to enter the current profile password.

- Enter your password and then click on the ‘Request Download‘ button.
- You will get a ‘Download Requested‘ response message and the data will be sent to your e-mail address within 48 hours.

- Check your e-mail address that will receive the download data link and click on it.
- You will be asked to verify yourself and to enter the valid Instagram credentials.
- After that, you’ll be redirected to a page that contains the link to download data. Click on the ‘Download Information‘ button to download every detail about your account in a zip file.
- Open the zip file using WinRAR and then navigate to the messages folder. There you will find a ‘chats.html‘ page.
- Just extract the page and will open it in the browser window and will contain all your previous chats until now.
Note: This method to recover deleted Instagram messages is slightly lengthy but is free to use and accurate. Be patient about the e-mail as it may take some time.
Method 2: Via Connected Facebook account
Instagram used to be a separate entity until its merger with Facebook. Facebook provides a bridge between the Instagram account and Facebook account by connecting them. For this method to recover deleted Instagram messages to work, you must have your Instagram account connected with your Facebook account. Follow these steps to swiftly gain access to deleted Instagram messages: