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We all smartphone users are messaging app addicts and WhatsApp has been a special favourite and favoured by the masses.
But there is one common problems that almost all WhatsApp users face - losing chat data when switching to a new smartphone.
Against this threat, Android users are quite lucky!
Yes,only Android users are given an option to back up their chat on Google Drive.
It allows you to not only back up text but also multimedia such as images, videos and GIFs.
Dear users, first point worthy to note is that while backing up chat, you must ensure you’re connected to Wi-Fi. This is essentially to make sure the back up and restore processes are faster.
How to back up WhatsApp chats on Google Drive
WhatsApp gives Android users three options to back up chat data - “back up to Google Drive when you tap back up’, ‘back up only over Wi-Fi’ and ‘include videos’.
In order to back up, launch WhatsApp, click on the three dots on the top right corner, choose Settings, chats, chat backups. You can choose between above mentioned options to back up your WhatsApp chats.
If you want to just export your chats, which is just email it to yourself, tap on chats > chat history > email chats > choose the chat window you wish to back up.
How to restore WhatsApp chats from Google Drive
After backing up your WhatsApp chats.
Launch WhatsApp > Set up your profile (verify the phone number, etc) and tap next.
WhatsApp will prompt you to restore your messages from the linked Google account. Just tap Restore, Next and you are done.
How to create, restore local backup of WhatsApp chats
Though it is highly recommended by WhatsApp to Android users to take a back up on Google Drive, but you can also create a local backup of your messages.
If you want to use a local backup, you will need to transfer the files to the new phone using a computer, file explorer or an SD Card. If your data is not stored on the SD card/WhatsApp/folder, you may see “internal storage” or “main storage” folders.
Launch File Manager app > choose SD card > WhatsApp > Databases. If you don’t have an SD card, choose internal storage or main storage
Dear users, now back up your chats without any worry !