Ultimate Backup Guide: How to Back Up an iPhone on Windows PC Safely

Upgrade to a new iPhone and try to transfer all your current data from the old iPhone? iTransfer and Phone Transfer could help you.

So, you're ready to back up your iPhone to your PC (Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7) and keep everything safe in almost any scenario: your messages, photos, contacts, and other data and settings. This can be a smart choice in the moment when you need to back up photos to free up space on the phone (iCloud storage is full.) Or maybe you're forced to factory reset your glitchy iPhone and then restore it with the latest backup. Here is our comprehensive rundown of how to back up iPhone on Windows computer, using iTunes. We also have other two helpful applications, too, that you can apply to create an iPhone backup and save it on desktop & laptop.

3 Ways of Backing up iPhone Data on a PC

Creating a backup for your iPhone (iPhone X, XS, XS Max, XR, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max or newer, etc.) to Windows is going to take some work. The method you go with depends on whether you'd like to view the backups and the content included in the backup copy.

Option 1: Backup iPhone to PC with iTunes

We'll start with the native solution first - using iTunes for Windows. Although it's easy and quick to find the backups stored on the PC once the process is finished, you can't view what has been backed up. The only way to access the data is restoring the iPhone from iTunes backup - it's an all-or-nothing affair. If this doesn't bother you much, get ready to use iTunes to back up data and settings on iPhone to the PC for free in a few simple clicks.

• Connect iPhone device to your Windows PC and start iTunes.
• Click the Device icon, and choose Summary.
• Check This Computer. If you want to back up your account passwords, Health, HomeKit data, and Wi-Fi settings, check Encrypt local backup.
• Click Back Up Now.

When the backup for the iPhone is finished, check where the backup is located on the PC's hard drive by going to Edit > Preferences > Devices.

Further Reading: How to Restore Data from an iTunes Backup. You could restore the backup to either an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

Option 2: Back Up an iPhone to PC without iTunes

As previously mentioned, iTunes has long been the go-to for backing up an iPhone to a computer, but the fact that the backup data typically can't be accessed by the users and other software on the PC is simply an annoying thing. If you're looking to back up your device and read the backed-up information, iOS Data Backup & Restore for Windows provides a flexible route to make the task painless.

It's a popular tool for backing up an iPhone on the Windows laptop & desktop or Mac, and it has continued to improve its capabilities. Your device uses the software as a storage and the backed up data from the memory is in a form that the computer can read. As a result, you can retain full control of the data backups, along with the ability to view what files actually save within the backup.

If you're new to iPhone Data Backup & Restore, take a look at the following guide to tell which types of files to keep backed up from iPhone to PC, and get the most out of the service. Photos, messages, contacts, notes, WhatsApp messages, voice messages, and videos can also be backed up in one fell swoop, as needed.

Step 1: Run the tool on PC (Windows 10, 8, 7, etc.)

Open up the software on your computer, choose "More Tools" from the left column.

You should immediately see a user-friendly interface with three modules attached on. Choose "iOS Data Backup & Restore" module to go on.

On the next screen, click on iOS Data Backup tab.

Step 2: Connect your iPhone to the computer

Then, use a UAB cable to connect your phone to the computer, and when it's recognized, click Start button to get to the next window.

Tip: You can also make an encrypted backup by checking "Encrypted backup" option and setting an encryption password before hitting the Start button.

Step 3: Choose types of files to back up to the PC

After an automatic & quick scan, the software displays a panel of types of files that you can back up.

By default, all the options are selected, and you can make no change if you want to move all data from iPhone to PC. Otherwise, uncheck "Select All" and deselect any you don't want in order to just back up certain types of data.

Step 4: Back iPhone up to PC running Windows and view the backup files

Once everything matches your expectations, hit the Next button and the utility sets up the backup to the computer in the background. Do not disconnect your device until the process is finished.

The local iPhone backup should be kept safely, and you could turn back to your device to delete the data on it. To access the files that are backed up on the Windows computers, simply take advantage of the built-in View Now function, then restore the data in a readable format.

Popular Topic: How to Recover Data on iPhone memory

Option 3: Make a Backup of iPhone on PC via a Direct Data Transfer

Another highly reliable application for iPhone-loving Windows users to back up iPhone files from iPhone to Windows desktop is Phone Transfer. You could achieve this with one-click, but similar to an iTunes backup, you can't view the details of the backup. The software serves with data transfer feature to transfer data to and from an iPhone (or Android device).

The Process:

• Start the software.
• Attach iPhone to your Windows computer.
• Check the boxes for the contents you wish to back up.
• Click Start Transfer button.

Wait Patiently! The tool takes about 15 minutes to scan your iPhone and data.

If you haven't made a backup of iPhone files in the cloud storage, I strongly suggest you do that. Here's a link for your reference Back Up iPhone to iCloud. It's a matter of tapping Settings > [your name] > iCloud Backup, turning on iCloud Backup and tapping Back Up Now.