If you are in a situation where your iPhone can’t be synced to your computer, or you don’t want to install iBackupBot and AMR Player, you can use an auxiliary cable and the Sound Recorder application built into Windows.
It’s inconvenient that this has to be done one at a time, but it’s a free and easy way to preserve these voicemails that can sometimes be priceless. You’ll need to repeat this step until every voicemail has made it into the queue.Īfter all the voicemails have been imported into AMR Player, highlight them one at a time and click “AMR to MP3”. Once AMR Player is open, click on “Add File” and select the voicemails. Now open up AMR Player (if there isn’t a shortcut on your desktop, go to Start and type AMR Player). Great, so we have our voicemails, but they’re in this ugly amr format. Choose the location, click OK, and your voicemails will be exported there. It’s impossible to know which voicemail is which, so you’re best off to just select all of your voicemails (click the check box next to each one):Īfter you have selected the voicemails, go to File > Export.Ĭhoose to only backup the selected files, and uncheck the box that backs it up with import information (unless you are actually planning to put these voicemails on another iPhone).Īfter clicking OK, it will ask you where to place the voicemails.
They will be in the format of “Library/Voicemail/xyz.amr” (xyz being some number). Scroll down until you find your voicemails. In the screenshot below, iBackupBot has found iTunes backups for a phone named ‘howtogeek’ which we’ve selected: It lists the backups it finds under “iTunes Backups” in the left column. iBackupBot will scan your iTunes backup folder for any iPhone backups you have on your computer.
Once the programs are installed, run iBackupBot (there should be a shortcut on your desktop). You can just install both of them with all of the default settings. Installation is straight-forward on both programs. You will need two programs in order to preserve your voicemails in MP3 format.
After that, sync your iPhone to your PC so there is a fresh backup made of all your current voicemails. There is no way to distinguish between different voicemails on your computer, so getting rid of the irrelevant ones will save you time in the future. On your iPhone, permanently delete any unimportant voicemails. If there are no deleted voicemails that you’re trying to recover, we recommend the following steps. If you are, still proceed, but disregard steps that tell you to sync your phone. As long as you aren’t trying to recover a deleted voicemail, proceed with this guide as normal. Doing so can erase your older backups, thereby deleting any instances of the voicemails you are trying to recover. Let us say this just for clarification: Do NOT plug your iPhone into your computer if you are trying to recover a voicemail.