Backup WhatsApp : The WhatsApp application stores all data such as chat, audio, photos, videos in the HP storage memory. Therefore, if you don’t save all the data to another storage, it will increase the risk of losing important data in WhatsApp.
Then, is there a way to backup WhatsApp so that data such as important chats and private photos are not lost?
Don’t worry, because to solve this problem, WhatsApp has provided a data backup procedure to another storage area.
If you are using an Android phone, WhatsApp will be backed up to Google Drive. However, if you use an iPhone, WhatsApp will be backed up to iCloud.
This backup feature is also useful if you install the WhatsApp application on a new cellphone so that all data such as chats and photos on the old cellphone can be restored to the new cellphone. Unfortunately, this method cannot be used to restore WhatsApp data from an iPhone to an Android phone or vice versa due to differences in where the backup file is stored (Google Drive and iCloud).
Here’s how to backup all WhatsApp application data on Android and iPhone phones. Please follow the following guidelines according to your HP type.
How to Backup WhatsApp on an Android Phone
There are several preparations you need to back up the WhatsApp application data for Android phones:
- Set up a Google account with plenty of Google Drive storage memory.
- Set up a smooth internet connection with WiFi or if there is only a data package, it is safer to use an unlimited internet package or a large quota.
- Make sure your Google account has a strong and secure password. This is because all backup data stored in Google Drive is no longer encrypted so it can be easily opened.
If the preparation stage is complete, then please follow the steps for how to backup whatsapp android below:
- Open the WhatsApp application on your Android phone.
- After that, press the three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the screen.
- In the menu that appears, select the Settings menu.
- On the Settings page, select the Chat menu.
- Then select the Chat backup menu.
- At this stage you can set up a Google Account which you will use to store backups of your whatsapp account.
- By default, the backup procedure will only save messages, audio, photos and images so it doesn’t back up video files which are usually large. This is to save storage memory usage on your Google Drive. However, if you also want to back up video files, the trick is to swipe right on the settings under Include video.
- Press the Backup button to start the wa backup process. Starting from this stage, don’t close the WhatsApp application and keep your Android phone screen on so that the backup process doesn’t crash and runs smoothly.
- At this stage the whatsapp application will create a backup archive of messages. Please wait for the Backup message process to reach 100%.
- The next stage, the archives that have been stored on your cellphone will be reformatted to be stored in Google Drive. Wait for the process of Setting up this Google Drive backup to 100%.
- Here you have arrived at the last stage, which is the process of uploading a wa backup to Google Drive. Please wait for the Uploading process: MB from MB to complete.
- Done.
How to Backup WhatsApp on an iPhone
There are several preparations you need to back up the WhatsApp application data on an iPhone:
- Set up an Apple account with plenty of iCloud storage.
- Set up a smooth internet connection with WiFi or if there is only a data package, it is safer to use an unlimited internet package or a large quota.
- Make sure your Apple account has a strong and secure password. This is because all backup data stored in iCloud is no longer encrypted so it can be easily opened.
If the preparation stage is complete, then please follow the steps on how to backup WhatsApp iPhone below:
- Open the WhatsApp application on your iPhone.
- After that press the Settings menu in the lower right corner of the screen.
- Then on the Settings page, select the Chats menu.
- Then select the Chat Backup menu.
- By default, the backup procedure will only save messages, audio, photos and images so it doesn’t back up video files which are usually large. This is to save storage memory usage in your iCloud. However, if you also want to back up video files, the trick is to swipe right on the Include Videos setting.
- Press the Back Up Now button to start the wa backup process. Starting from this stage, don’t close the WhatsApp application and keep your iPhone screen on so that the backup process doesn’t run smoothly.
- At this stage the whatsapp application will create a backup archive of messages. Please wait for the Preparing process to 100%.
- After that you have arrived at the last stage, which is the process of uploading a wa backup to iCloud. Please wait for the Uploading process: MB of GB until done.
- Done.
