If you are one of those whose entire life is on WhatsApp for reasons of work, business, appointments and other things, that you cannot leave it for anything in the world and you are afraid that one day you will lose everything due to theft or loss, then this information is for you. If you think that if this happens you will lose valuable things, let us tell you that luckily the app has a feature that can help you cover your back in a scenario like this..
WhatsApp in its 2015 update has incorporated the option of being able to make security backups, but due to the ignorance of many people, they do not use it and prefer to take risks. The most incredible thing is that many times they do it out of simple ignorance, since they do not know how to activate this function and they think that to do it they must do it, but the reality is that the only thing that .
Today here we will show you the few steps you must follow to be able to back up your information in WhatsAppIn addition, it also helps to free up the internal memory of your phone a bit. In this guide you will find instructions to be able to make the backup from an Android or an Apple.
Why is it important to make a backup of your WhatsApp chats, photos and videos?
The first reason why you should always have a WhatsApp backup at hand is for the simple fact that this It is the most effective way you have to back up your information and be able to recover it in the future. This does not only apply in cases of theft.
If you buy a new smartphone and you want to migrate your old conversations to thisyou can restore your old copy to recover this information in the new terminal quickly and easily.
In addition, it is important to highlight that this brings several benefits, such as the fact that save memory since all the backup information is stored in the cloudbeing able to access it whenever you want.
Steps to create a backup of Whatsapp Messenger on any device
Now that this messaging app has incorporated this new function to help its users with the only problem that is the loss of important files, just like other programs have partnered with Google Drive to save backups in the cloud for free. Here we will explain how to do it.
On Android phones
Before starting the process, know the minimum requirements that Google Drive requires to make the backup:
*Note: The Google Play Services application is only available for systems Android 2.3.4 and later. Backups that are more than a year old and have not been updated will be immediately deleted from Google Drive storage.
Knowing this, the steps to follow are the following:
- Go to your phone menu and select the WhatsApp icon. Once inside the application, open the menu located at the top of the application, are the three vertical dots.
- Then select “Settings” and click on “chats”.
- Look for the option “Backup” and click on “Save”. This way you can back up your files as many times as you want. If you want you can save the backup in the Google Drive cloud.
- In the Google Drive option you have three more options:
- One to choose how long to store the backup
- The other to choose in which account to save your backup
- The last one is to decide whether to make the copy when you only use Wi-Fi or also with mobile data.
*Note: The speed of the backup can vary depending on the size of the chat, so if it is the first time that you backup your WhatsApp files, we recommend that you connect your phone to a power source to avoid interrupting the process due to lack of of load.
Another thing you should know is that media files and messages you save are no longer protected by end-to-end encryption that WhatsApp offers you while they are stored in Google Drive.
On iOS iPhone devices
iOS has long used the ability to save or back up files, although it is clearly a bit different than Android since they are different operating systems. For example, Apple systems use the iCloud application for backup.
To do this you must meet the following requirements:
- To be able to do the backup you must have iOS 7 or later.
- If you have iOS 8 or later: It must be activated. Check it out at “Setting”, tap on your name, then tap on “iCloud”, and now make sure it is active.
- For iOS 7: Documents and Data must be turned on. Check in settings iPhone > iCloud > Documents & Datathere you make sure that it is active.
- Just like on Android You must have enough space on your iPhone and iCloud to make the backup.
Despite being two different systems (Apple and Android) the process to save files and chats in WhatsApp Messenger is quite similar, since being the same application its options are very similar, although there are some different options.
Follow the steps below to be able to do this simple process:
- Open the WhatsApp application and then select the settings.
- Inside you choose the option “Chat settings” and then “Chat Copy”. In this option you can adjust the automatic backups to iCloud, there you will choose how often you want this backup to be made (daily, weekly, monthly or never).
For WhatsApp Web on PC
Now that you have seen how to create a backup of your information in WhatsApp from an Android and iPhone device, but there is also another way to make a backup of your files but this time in a physical and external place (the computer).
- First connect the USB cable from your phone to your computermake sure that there is a correct connection to be able to transmit the data correctly.
- Then open your device data and locate the folder of “WhatsApp”, with the keyboard you press Ctrl + C (copy) and Ctrl + V (paste) somewhere on your team.
- You confirm that the process has been carried out successfully and eject your device safely. If the process was not achieved, we recommend that you repeat all the steps again.
Save to an SD or micro SD card
The process is very similar to the one we mentioned above since only files such as photos, videos and audios are backed up. For this you simply have to stop indicating that they are stored in Drive and do so in your internal memory.
In this section we will explain how to save the information, although its method is just as simple as the previous ones:
- Enter the menu of your phone and look for the icon “File Manager”.
- Then select the section “Phone storage” and look for the folder “WhatsApp”. Then click on it and click copy, then go to the SD card and paste the folder.
- With these two simple steps you can make a full copy to your SD or microSD card the times you want.
How to see and restore deleted messages and chats from my WhatsApp backup?
For restore a backup made in google drive, you must have at least the same phone number and the same Google account with which you made the backup. If you meet this, then let’s proceed to restore the backup, follow these steps:
- Uninstall and reinstall the app again (Make sure you have one)
- Verify your phone number, with a message that the WhatsApp system sends automatically. Then you will see a box asking if you want to restore your messages and files from Google, and click on “Restore”.
- To complete the restoration you must click on “Following”, and you will see how your chats and multimedia files are restored.
Restore chat history from iCloud
- Check if there is a copy of your data in iCloud. looking in WhatsApp > settings > chats and backup.
- If you noticed the copy exists, uninstall and reinstall the app from “WhatsApp”.
- Verify your data, phone number, and follow the steps to restore your chat history (it’s really just clicking on next and that’s it).
With these simple steps you will be able to see your files and chats stored on a backup disk again. Share it with your friends so they can see how easy it is. It should be noted that backup copies are made automatically every morning, so Every day the information you send and receive through your WhatsApp chats will be backed up.
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