WhatsApp allows both Android and iPhone users to back up their chats and media to Google Drive or iCloud. This features lets users have a copy of their conversations that they can easily restore later.
Android smartphone users can back up their WhatsApp chat history to their Google Account, while iCloud is use when backing up and restoring chats on an iPhone.
Backing up chats takes up additional Google Drive or iCloud storage, which means you might need to opt for a paid tier if your backup is too large.
Make sure that users cannot back up or restore chats from link devices like WhatsApp Web, WhatsApp on Mac, or WhatsApp on Windows.
The primary phone, where you first register WhatsApp, before linking additional devices, is require for this process.
Also make sure that you have an active Google Account on your phone, which requires Google Play services.
You need to have enough free space on both your phone and your Google Account.
How to Restore a WhatsApp Chats on Android?
Follow These Steps :
- Open WhatsApp on your Android phone
- Tap the three-dot menu
- Open Settings
- Tap Chats.
- Select Chat backup
- Tap Back up
How to Restore WhatsApp Chats on iOS?
Follow These Steps :
- Open WhatsApp.
- Tap your profile picture.
- Tap Chats.
- Select Chat backup.
- Tap Back up now.
How to Set Up Automatic Backups on Android?
Follow These Steps :
- Open WhatsApp on your Android phone.
- Find Settings.
- Then Chats.
- Now Chat backup.
- Tap Back up to your Google Account.
- Select a backup schedule other than Never or Only when I tap Back up.
- Select the Google Account where you want to save your chats.
- If you don’t have a Google Account connect, tap Add account when prompt and enter your login information.
- Select Back up using cellular if you want to use your mobile network data to back up your chats.
How to Set Up Automatic Backups on iOS?
Follow These Steps :
- Open WhatsApp.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap Chats.
- Select Chat backup.
- Tap Auto backup.
- Now choose your backup frequency.
- You can also choose whether to include or exclude videos in the backup.
