WhatsApp is undoubtedly one of the most popular chat services
you could find around. Perhaps, due to its availability across platform, high
and low end devices. The mobile messaging app has more than 500 million monthly
active users and generates 64 billion messages per day. If you also use this service it means your chats
are included.
So, how do you prevent losing your chat history amidst the
billions of messages? The answer is simple. BACK IT UP! Yes, you can actually
back up your chats on either your device’s internal or external memory. Here is
how;
On an iPhone, it’s quite easy.
WhatsApp uses iCloud to back up not just text messages but also all incoming
and outgoing media like photos, videos, and voice messages.
To initiate
a backup, tap the Settings button on the menu bar at the
bottom of WhatsApp. Head over to Chat
Settings, and then tap Chat Backup.
Here, you can
manually start a backup by tapping the Back Up Now button. Or
you can set WhatsApp to automatically back up your stuff daily, weekly, or
monthly.
WhatsApp will start to back up automatically only if your phone is
plugged in. But make sure you’re connected to a WiFi network, because it will
happily start backing itself up over your data plan! Backups can be huge —
hundreds of megabytes if you’re an active user.
If you
change iPhones, you’ll be promoted to restore WhatsApp from a backup the first
time you install it. As long as you’re using the same iCloud account, you
should be able to pick up right where you left off.
On an Android, things get slightly more
complicated. If your phone has a microSD card, that’s what WhatsApp will back
up to by default. To start a backup, open WhatsApp and hit the Menu button.
Navigate to Settings → Chat Settings
and then tap Backup Conversations.
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