Have you ever lost your phone or gotten a new smartphone, only to find that your old WhatsApp chats disappeared? It may be difficult, but you can get them back. WhatsApp allows Android and iPhone users to back up chats and media to Google Drive or iCloud. This feature allows users to have a copy of their conversations so that they can be easily restored later. The steps to backup and restore chats are simple and here we will guide you through them.
Android smartphone users can back up WhatsApp chats to Google account, while iCloud is used to back up and restore chats on iPhone. As you might expect, backing up chats takes up additional Google Drive or iCloud storage, which means you may need to opt for a paid tier if your backups are too large.
Before trying these steps, keep in mind that users cannot back up or restore chats from a linked device such as WhatsApp Web, WhatsApp on Mac, or WhatsApp on Windows. This process requires you to first register your primary phone with WhatsApp before linking your other devices.
You must also make sure you have a valid Google account on your phone, which requires Google Play Services. Additionally, you need to have enough free space on both your phone and your Google account.
How to Recover WhatsApp Chat History on Android
- Open WhatsApp on your Android phone
- Click three o’clock menu
- Open set up
- tap Chat history and select Chat backup
- tap backup
How to Recover WhatsApp Chats on iOS
- Open WhatsApp.
- Click on your profile picture.
- tap chat.
- choose Chat backup and click Back up now.
How to set up automatic backup on Android
- Open WhatsApp on your Android phone.
- set up > Chat history > Chat backup > Back up to your Google account.
- Choose a backup plan other than no way or Only when I click “Backup”.
- Select the Google account where you want to save the chat history.
- If you don’t have a Google account connected, click Add account and enter your login information when prompted.
- choose Back up using cellular network If you want to use mobile data to back up your chat history.
How to set up automatic backup on iOS
- Open WhatsApp and click set up.
- tap Chat history > Chat backup.
- tap Automatic backup and select your backup frequency.
- You can also choose whether to include or exclude videos from the backup.
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