Your WhatsApp chats hold precious memories and important information. Losing them can be truly frustrating. Do you want to save them? Why don’t you start backing up?
Are you interested in learning how to back up WhatsApp to save your chat history? If so, then I’ve prepared this guide for you. You’ll master backing up to Google Drive on Android and discover how to use iCloud for iPhone backups.
So, Let’s Get Going!
How to Back Up WhatsApp Messages?
I’ve compiled a comprehensive guide on how you can save your chats on your smartphone, whether iPhone or Android.
1. How to Back Up WhatsApp on iPhone
Here is the guide on how to back up WhatsApp to iCloud on your iPhone to save your important chats.
- Select the Settings gear icon.
- Find and tap Chats.
- Locate and tap Chat backup.
- Make sure you enable Back Up to iCloud.
- Tap Backup Now to manually start a backup.
2. How to Back Up WhatsApp on Android
Here are some easy steps on how to back up WhatsApp to Google Drive on Android.
- Open WhatsApp and go to Settings.
- Navigate to Chats.
- Access Chat Backup.
- Select Backup to Google Drive.
- Set the backup frequency (daily, weekly, or monthly) or choose Never to disable automatic backups.
- Choose the Google account you want to use for the backup.
- Tap Backup now to manually start a backup.
Before You Go
Well, these are the details on how to back up your WhatsApp chats and media. You have the option to export your chat history as a text file. You need to make sure to use the same phone number as well as your Google or iCloud account for backup to restore your chat history later.
Keep in mind that backups include messages and media, but not all media if you are not a channel admin for WhatsApp Channels. If you are running out of space in your Google Account, you need to free up some space before resuming backups. Hopefully, this guide will become a help to you that you would likely share with your fellows.
