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How to Back Up and Restore WhatsApp Messages and Files
by Barry Kaufman // 3 Comments
Some of your most valuable digital assets are memories, scattered across the digital ether. For a lot of us, these mementoes of our meta life are tied up in one of Meta’s most popular apps, WhatsApp. The last group chat you had with old college friends. An inspiring note from a loved one. A funny meme that proves your weird uncle does, in fact, have a sense of humor. They’re all out there, drifting through the cloud.
These are treasured memories, and worth preserving, especially in the always uncertain world online. You might find yourself gravitating towards a new messaging app as the technology changes. You might get locked out of your account. It might even be that your country winds up banning the app. (So far, it’s only happened in places like Cuba and Uganda, and while those were temporary, the app was “temporarily” blocked in China in 2017 and is still blocked. The point being, you never know which way the wind is going to blow).
So obviously, it’s worth it to make sure you have some kind of backup for these treasured memories. Now it’s just a matter of creating those backups, and finding somewhere (or, more accurately, several somewheres) to securely store them.
How to Create Backups of Your WhatsApp Data
Back Up Individual Messages and Group Chats
By default, WhatsApp automatically archives your chats every day onto your device, with the option to back them up to Google Drive. As you’ll see, this is not quite sufficient if you really want to preserve those memories. To create a backup that you can preserve elsewhere, use the following steps:
- Tap the three vertical dots within an individual message or group chat.
- Tap More, and then Export Chat.
- You can then choose whether to export with or without media, with the most recent media being added as attachments.
- From here, you can choose how to share the attachments, which will consist of a .
txt file as well as individual attachments for each piece of media in the chat.
Choose Your Backup Destination
We suggest downloading your backup to your device at this point. This step creates a local backup on your phone. From here, you can either download the attachment onto your computer from that same email, or connect your phone and make a copy from local storage onto your desktop. This will create two copies, but we’re just getting started.
Initiating Backup in 3…2…1…
As with anything you back up, the best strategy to employ is the classic 3-2-1 backup strategy. In essence, this is creating a trio of redundant copies, giving your backups their own backups in case anything should go wrong. Typically, you’ll want two copies stored on two different local devices and a third in the cloud.
Is this a little bit of overkill? Absolutely, and we mean that in the best possible way.
You’ll thank us when a spilled cup of coffee doesn’t wipe out some of your favorite WhatsApp chats.
Backup #1: Local Storage (i.e., PC)
If you’ve followed the directions so far, you’ll now have a copy of your chats on your phone as well as on your desktop. This constitutes your first local copy.
Backup #2: Options
For your second local copy, you have a few options:
- Flash drive: Your computer is prone to any number of breakdowns, outages, or viruses that a flash drive simply isn’t, providing a safe, secondary, local place to store those all-important chats. As anyone who has ever accidentally sat on, stepped on, lost, or otherwise accidentally mutilated a flash drive can tell you, it’s not the end-all-be-all solution. However, having this redundant safety measure could be the thing that saves you from losing your data forever.
- External hard drive: An external hard drive is another good option to house a second copy of your data, and we know a little bit about them—we monitor 203,168 hard drives used to store data in our data centers.
If you’re new to using an external hard drive, check out this handy guide. - SSD: Like flash and hard drives, external SSDs are another form of external storage you can use to keep backup copies of your data. If you really want to get into the weeds on external storage, check out our guide on the difference between SSD vs. NVMe vs. M.2 drives.
Backup #3: Cloud Storage
We’ll admit to being a bit biased here, but for true peace of mind that your backups will survive any number of disasters and mishaps, you have to incorporate cloud storage into your 3-2-1 solution. (If for no other reason than without it, you have a 2-1 situation which doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. But believe us, there are plenty of other reasons, mainly so you don’t lose your data when your computer suddenly dies or you drop your flash drive down the sewer.)
If you are one of the millions of extraordinarily clever people who use Backblaze Personal Backup, this might just be the easiest step in the process because it’s all done automatically.
Simply by having your WhatsApp backups on your computer, you’ll rest easy knowing that the software is one step ahead of you, storing your chats and online memories safely in the cloud.
If space is limited locally, and you don’t necessarily need the WhatsApp files on your own computer, Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage gives you plenty of space in the cloud to stash them until they’re needed. Paired with local copies elsewhere, you could also use this method to achieve a 3-2-1 strategy without taking up a huge amount of space locally on your machine.
Bonus Pro Tips: Transferring Your WhatsApp Data to a New Phone
While it’s all well and good to have your data securely tucked away using the 3-2-1 strategy, what happens when you get a new phone and want to have easy access through the app to all of your old chats? When that happens, you’re going to be glad you squirreled it away, and thrilled that we’ve outlined step-by-step how to get your new phone up and running with all of your old memories intact.
How to Restore Your Backup to an Android Phone
Restoring your WhatsApp backup to an Android phone takes a few steps. In these steps, we will assume you have reinstalled WhatsApp on your new phone.
- Install a file manager app on your Android phone.
- Copy the backup file to your Android phone.
- Open the file manager app.
- Copy the backup file to WhatsApp > Databases.
- Remember to restore the most recently created backup file to the device’s Databases folder.
- Restore your WhatsApp backup from local storage.
How to Restore Your Backup to an iPhone
The restore process for WhatsApp on an iPhone is similar. We will assume you do not have WhatsApp installed with the Android steps.
- Connect your iPhone to your computer.
- Open iTunes.
- Back up your iPhone using iTunes. This step will create a WhatsApp backup (along with your other phone data) to your computer.
- Back up your iTunes backup to the cloud.
Backing up your iTunes data to a cloud storage service is advisable because your PC’s local storage might fail. For detailed guidance, see our post: “A Quick Guide to iCloud and iTunes Backups for Your iPhone and iPad.” - Restore data to your iPhone using iTunes. Restoring your WhatsApp data to your iPhone is simple. Connect your iPhone to the computer where you ran the backup. Open iTunes and use the “restore a backup” feature.
Keep Your WhatsApp Archive Safe
When it comes to your digital assets, backups matter. Even the most mundane conversations you engage in on WhatsApp now might end up being a treasured memory of old friends later on. Preserving them is important, and if you’ve followed these steps and backed up your memories to your computer and to the cloud, you’ll have those memories available at a moment’s notice wherever you are.
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About Barry Kaufman
Barry Kaufman is a freelance content writer and lifelong lover of all things tech.
When normal kids were playing outside, he was dismantling the family VCR to figure out how it works. While his writing career has crossed the realms of travel, journalism, and celebrity puff pieces, he remains an amateur tinkerer and complete nerd at heart (in fact, he built the computer upon which he writes). He lives in South Carolina with his family and several hundred electronic devices in various states of repair.
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How to Backup your WhatsApp Photos and Videos
With over 2 billion monthly active users, WhatsApp is the most popular mobile messenger app worldwide.
I have been using WhatsApp for several years on my Samsung phone. I backup my WhatsApp files to the "cloud" (Internet) and to my home computer. My latest backup was 3 gigabytes worth of data.
Why should you backup?
1. If you lose your phone or your phone breaks, you can restore your data to another phone (using the same phone number).
2. Over the years you may have accumulated thousands of photos and videos on your phone and you may want to have a copy of them on a disk-on-key or on your computer.
3. You may be running out of space on your phone. Before removing large files (i.e. long videos) you may want to copy them first.
Below are several ways to backup your WhatsApp files. The instructions are based on my Samsung 3 Android phone but the steps are similar for other Android phone systems and the Apple iphone.
Backing up your content to the cloud. This backup is a no-brainer and many people have set this up when they installed WhatsApp on their phone.WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) has an agreement with Google to allow the application to backup all your files to Google Drive (a free cloud-based storage service that enables users to store and access files online). This means, if you have a Google account (like Gmail) then you also have a Google drive. With that, you can setup WhatsApp to automatically backup your data on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule.
What is even better is that Google does not count the WhatsApp files against your 15 gigabyte Google drive limit.
Any drawbackups to backing up to Google Drive?
There are a few issues but no show stoppers (in my opinion)
A. The backup puts everything into one big file, which is stored on Google drive. You can only use it to do a full restore of all the files (no partial restore) to your phone or another phone with the same phone number.
B. WhatsApp uses encyption to secure messages and data communications. The backup to Google drive does not use encyption. If you use WhatsApp for secure communications, you may want to think twice about Goole Drive.
C. The backup default is not to include videos (but you can change it).
D. The first time you backup can take a while. I strongly recommend to use the Backup option "using Wi-Fi Only" and be near your own router.
Let's begin:
1. Start your WhatsApp on your phone.
2. Choose Chats
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On the top right hand corner of chats click the 3 dots.
4. Click Settings.
You will see a setting screen similar to this:
5. Click Chats (Backup, history, wallpaper)
You will see a setting screen similar to this:
6. Click Chat Backup.
You will see a setting screen similar to this:
Before Clicking on the Green Back Up icon, make sure you set the backup options:
- Backup to Google Driver: I recommend weekly or daily
- Google Account: Enter the account you want to backup to
- Back up over: Wi-Fi only (before starting the backup, turn on your phone's Wi-Fi and be near your router.)
- Include videos (turn on - move button toward the right.) If this is your first time backing up including videos, expect the backup to take a while.
Notes:
After your first backup, the automated scheduled ones will go quicker. WhatsApp does not do a full backup to Google Drive each time it does an automatic backup. It adds only the new data each time.
If you would like to see the backup file it created, login to your Google Drive at: https://drive.google.com/drive/backups
On the left hand column, choose backups.
You will see your backup listed. The backup name includes your phone number.
2. Using the computer's file manager, open the file directory of your phone. (On Windows 10, hold the Windows Logo key down and press the letter "E")
3. Click your portable device (phone)
4. Click Phone (not SD Card)
5. Scroll down and click the WhatsApp folder
6. There will be three directories: Backups, Database, and Media.
7. You can copy all three to your computer or a disk-on-key
8. If you just want to copy photos, stickers, videos, voice, etc., click Media.
Your images are located in the folder called WhatsApp Images
Your videos are located in the folder called WhatsApp Video
Your stickers are located in the folder called WhatsApp Stickers
(The stickers files can be opened by the free paint program in Windows)
Do Not remove or change any WhatsApp files on your phone.
Only remove items via the WhatsApp application.
WhatsApp Web is a feature that allows you to chat from your browser (i.e., Google Chrome Browser) on your personal computer.
Below are the steps to run the program:1. Turn on your phone.
2. On your computer open: https://web.whatsapp.com/
3. If this is your first time using WhatsApp Web, the program will display a QR code - a square box with all kinds of markings and a WhatsApp symbol in the middle.
4. Start WhatsApp on your phone.
5. On the main screen choose Chat.
6. On the top right hand corner of chat click the 3 dots.
7. Click WhatsApp Web
8. On the top right hand corner click the Plus sign.
9. A scanning box will appear on the screen.
10. Aim your phone to the QR code on the computer screen.
When your computer syncs with the phone (your must keep your phone on) you can now chat on your computer just like you would on your phone.
When viewing a full size image or video on your computer screen, a down arrow will appear on top right of the screen. Clicking on the down arrow will allow you to save the file to your computer.
How to read whatsapp backup on google drive
Social media has become the new standard for connecting and connecting with friends and family. whatsapp can be ranked very high among the list, it can run on almost every smartphone and allows use words instantly. You can make calls, text, send photos, videos and more files. You can also create groups and stay connected with friends and family. good thing about Whatsapp is that it backs up every conversation about local storage and cloud storage. You can use this backup file to restore your conversations. In this guide, we will tell you the methods to access whatsapp cloud backup and local space. nine0003
How to back up whatsapp
Before you dive into restoring a backup, you should know how to turn it on first. Turn, there are two kinds of backups used in WhatsApp.
The first is a local backup copy and the other is Google Drive backup. This is how you create a backup on both.
WhatsApp local backup
Local backup is enabled automatically, WhatsApp creates a local backup file copies every day at 2:00 am. You can also create it manually whenever you want, just do following steps:
Step 1: Open WhatsApp and click the three dots icon in the top right corner.
Step 2: Now go to "Settings>Chats>Chat Backup".
Step 3: Click the green "Backup" button.
WhatsApp Google Drive Backup
The good thing about Google Drive backup is that you can get to it access on any smartphone or PC, one thing to note here is that whatsapp encryption from start does not fully work on Google Drive. Here's how you create a backup using Google Drive:
Step 1: Open WhatsApp and click the three dots icon in the top right corner.
Step 2: Now go to "Settings>Chats>Chat Backup".
Step 3: Click "Google Drive Backup" and select the backup frequency, except never.
Step 4: Select the Google account you want to use for backup. If you don't have one click on "Add Account" and enter your credentials. nine0003
Now you know how to create a WhatsApp backup, so let's dive into how to access whatsapp backup for both methods.
Method 1: How to read whatsapp backup
WhatsApp creates an automatic backup on your device's internal storage at 2:00 am every day, this backup file can be retrieved and used for easy recovery conversations. After you install the whatsapp app and verify the number, just click "Restore" when prompted. It will automatically restore all conversations, for some reason you can't restore, than you're probably not signed into your Google Drive account, or your internal memory is not locally backed up or is corrupted. You can also access specific backup by going to the WhatsApp backup location and renaming the file. If you want to access and restore a less recent backup, do the following actions:
Step 1: Download the file manager app from Playstore.
Step 2: Now navigate to this path "sdcard / WhatsApp / Databases" if you are not using SD card, it will be "internal storage" or "main storage" instead of "sdcard".
Step 3: Rename the backup file you want to restore from msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt12 to msgstore.db.crypt12.
Step 4: Now uninstall whatsapp and install it again.
Step 5: Click "Restore" when prompted and it will restore the backup. nine0003
Method 2: How to read whatsapp backup on google drive
To read a Google Drive backup, you must have the same number and the same account the process is simple and almost the same as accessing and restoring a local backup. That's how you do it do:
Step 1: Make sure the Google account used for backup is added and registered on your smartphone.
Step 2: Uninstall the WhatsApp application and then install it again. nine0003
Step 3: Open the installed WhatsApp application and verify your number.
Step 4: After verification, you will be prompted to recover the message and media files from Google Drive, just click Restore.
Step 5: Once the restore process is completed, click next, it will display all your chats.
We looked at the solution to the question "Where is my WhatsApp backup" and also looked at access methods to them. If you are looking for a tool that can easily back up your iOS WhatsApp conversation on computer, then we recommend you to use our personal favorite product Tenorshare iCare Phone Transfer. This is a feature rich amazing iOS tool that you can use to keep your iPhone healthy. nine0003
Bonus Tip: Transfer and backup WhatsApp messages with Tenorshare iCareFone Transfer
The latest way to recover WhatsApp messages without Google Drive is Tenorshare iCareFone Transfer - and this is probably the best way to work.
With iCareFone Transfer, you can easily restore WhatsApp chats backup to your iPhone or android smartphone with ease. Here's how to restore WhatsApp chat without Google Drive on Android with iCare Phone Transfer. nine0003
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Download and install Tenorshare iCareFone Transfer on your PC.
Connect your device to PC and select whatsapp on the home screen. -
Click "Backup" on the side toolbar and select the device to Reserve copy. Once selected, click "Back Up Now" to continue.
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Follow the instructions on the screen and iCareFone Transfer will start receiving WhatsApp data on your device. nine0003
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Now check your whatsapp backup account to let iCareFone Transfer create a backup for recovery.
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When your WhatsApp messages are successfully backed up, you can rely on iCareFone Transfer, to restore them. And for that, select "View and Restore" from the left pane tools, click "Restore to Android" and then select the backup you have done before.
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After you click Continue, the program will find the backup file for your Android and then start transferring data to your Android device. Wait for completion process.
Your WhatsApp chats have been successfully restored.
Conclusion
If you are wondering how to recover WhatsApp chat without Google Drive, this article has given you all the answers.
Remember that if you are looking for the easiest and easiest tool to get the job done, Tenorshare iCareFone Transfer is the software of your choice as it is suitable for both android devices and for iPhone. nine0003
Where WhatsApp data is stored on Google Drive
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Whatsapp chats can be duplicated on Google Drive. When you change your mobile phone or in case of any other loss of WhatsApp data, all dialogs and media files are easily restored.
Contents
- How to transfer WhatsApp from Google Drive
- What is worth paying attention to
- Automatic transfer
- Restoration with Google Drive
- where the WhatsApp
- Removal of the reserve copies of the WhatsApp
- EXTITION OF THE STRI00
To do this, do the following in the messenger: - Open the Menu; nine0074
- Select settings ;
- Go to chats;
- Back up .
Things to watch out for
If you don't have an account, you will be prompted to add one. When copying, give preference to an unlimited Wi-Fi network if you have limited mobile Internet traffic. When migrating information for the first time, the process can take a long time. This directly depends on the size of the copied volume.
Take care of a full battery charge or the possibility of additional power in advance. It is important that the process is continuous.
Automatic transfer
When you click the Backup option, a duplicate will be created in the same second automatically. It is also possible to independently adjust the required frequency of automatic copying. With each automatic transfer of messages and files from WhatsApp to the GD, only new options are saved, the previous version is deleted without the possibility of recovery.
There is no end-to-end encryption of WhatsApp in this case. nine0003
Recovery from Google Drive
At the time of confirming the number, the program will ask you if you need to download a WhatsApp backup. If necessary, click the Restore button.
In rare cases, WhatsApp cannot find copies. The reason for this may be the following points:
- Connecting to another account;
- Using a different phone number than the original transfer;
- There is no saved data for your messages in Google Drive. nine0074
The easiest way to transfer all your WhatsApp information to a new device is to restore from Google Drive.
Please note that only the latest copy is available for recovery. When backing up locally (on an SD card), you can restore chats for the past 7 days.
Where Whatsapp data is stored on Google Drive
To find and manage the data you copy, do the following:
- Sign in to the Google Drive application; nine0074
- Select Menu;
- Click icon Backups ;
- See required data.
