It’s simple to take backup of WhatsApp chat, images, documents, and more to the cloud. WhatsApp conversations are readily backed up to cloud services like Google Drive and iCloud. By following the instructions in this tutorial, you’ll be able to backup your WhatsApp conversations on both Android and iOS safely. Okay, without further ado, let’s get started.
Steps To Take Backup Of WhatsApp Chat
For Android
Follow the simple steps listed below to take backup of WhatsApp chat, media, files, and more for Android. It would help if you check available space on Google Drive, if you have some space, the program will handle the rest. Following these steps will allow you to save your WhatsApp conversations on your Android device safely:
- Start up the WhatsApp client on your Android device and go to Settings > Chats.
- To back up your conversations, go over there and choose Chat Backup.
After that, decide what frequency you’d want. The options are daily, weekly, monthly, and manual. Afterwards, go to your Google settings and select the account to which you want to save your chat logs. Another option is to link a different Google Account to the backup, keeping the information in that account.
The next step is deciding whether you want to back up your communications through WiFi or a network connection. Conversations are best backed up on WiFi whenever possible. It will simply save copy of important information on your Android device.
For iOS
WhatsApp now supports saving chats to the iCloud storage also. However, instead of saving backup on Google Drive, this data would be saved on iCloud. So, here’s what you can do.
- Launch WhatsApp and tap the Settings (Gear symbol) > Chats.
- Now, click on Chat backup option and follow the on-screen instructions.
