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How to Backup & Restore/Transfer iOS Kik Chats on a Computer?

mobiletrans By Holly McQuillan, Product Manager | Updated on May 20th, 2025.

Our MobileTrans works to back up and restore Kik chats for iDevices. You're able to back up Kik chats and attachments from iOS devices to a computer. You can move Kik data to an iOS device or export it to your PC.

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Kik Backup & Restore

Let's see how to backup & restore Kik chats step by step.

Step 1. Launch MobileTrans software

Firstly launch MobileTrans software on your computer and select the "Backup & Restore" module. Then, Tab "App Backup & Restore" > "Kik".

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Step 2. Connect iOS device to the computer.

Connect your iPhone/iPad to the computer. From here, you click on the "Start" button. It will start to back up Kik chats.

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Note: MobileTrans currentty provides Kik backup and restore services for iOS devices, with Android not yet available.

Step 3. Backup Kik chats from iDevice to a computer

From there, you start to back up Kik chats after clicking on the "Backup" button. The backup will be completed in a while. You don't need to do something else. It will pop up the window Backup completed when it finishes backup.

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Step 4. Restore Kik chats

Click on the "Restore" button. You're able to restore Kik to the iPhone after you click on the "Start" button. The restoration will be completed and display "restore completed". You can view if there are transferred Kik chats on iPhone.

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Kik Transfer

Currently, MobileTrans only supports to transfer Kik data from iOS to iOS. Let's see how to transfer Kik data in detailed steps.

Step 1. Launch MobileTrans and Connect Both Phones

  • Launch the program and select "App Transfer" > "Kik".
  • Use USB cables to connect your devices to the computer.
  • Check Kik chats, documents, etc., then click "Start".
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    Note: Transfer Kik chat history from source device to the destination. The existing Kik chat history on the destination device will be overwritten.


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    Step 2. Complete Transfer

    Keep the phone connected to your computer. Just wait until it completes transfer like this image.

    Note: If there is no data after data restoration and app activation, please retry. If you have logged in account, you need to restore 2 times.

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