Tip: How to restore just apps from a backup

Hey guys! Decided to make a short guide for those who want to start fresh (or who needs to due to bugs season, or if there are jailbreak leftovers in the backup), but want to transfer apps that don’t have a separate iCloud backup (or any native backup solution). Also works if you need to transfer some single app data from one device to another.

What you’ll need:

• iMazing (just trial version, no need to buy anything).
• Local backup of the old device that has app data (you can use old iTunes backup if you don’t have the device).
• New device (or old device after factory reset).

What to do:

• Set up the phone as new, sign in to iCloud, etc.
• In iMazing, open the source backup with app data (>guide<).
• Click Apps in sidebar.
• Select apps you want to transfer (Ctrl/Cmd + LMB as in Explorer, change view settings to Details/List if you can’t do it, button is at the top toolbar).
• RMB on any selected app and click “Extract app”.
• Set target to any empty folder on a drive with enough space (better local, transferring to/from NAS may take some time). It will extract app data as .imazingapp files.
• Select target device in sidebar and restore these files with Manage Apps section (>guide<). Basically just go to Device tab > drag&drop the folder with app data > follow instructions on the screen.

What to keep in mind:

• App backup content is completely on app devs deсigion. If some data wasn’t restored, send them a hate mail and force to fix this in future. Also, they may point you to a backup button in the app that you’ve missed.
• In this way, keychain won’t be restored, as it can be restored only with a full backup or synced through iCloud. Why this part is in bold? Security and banking apps (Google Auth, crypto wallets, etc.) store private data encrypted in keychain, and there’s luckily no way to extract it with the app. Try syncing keychain through iCloud (haven’t tested personally, but should help) and if won’t work, just move on and start fresh. Or restore the backup...
• Telegram, FB, Instagram, etc. store everything on servers so no sense to restore them. Just reinstall and log in.

Hope this helps and positive vibes to everyone.