WhatsApp offers users for some time, the option to create a backup of their messages, photos and videos. But how do you do this exactly? Smartphone.nl let see how it works.
how to create a WhatsApp backup
WhatsApp is it possible to make a backup of important data. Enormously useful, because it keeps your messages, photos and video retained, for example when you upgrade to a new phone. Instead of that you lost everything, you can after the installation of WhatsApp on a button tap to return everything to convert.
make a WhatsApp backup is pretty simple, although you will need a number of steps. Below, we show how the Android works. The function is on most of the Android phones available (Android 2.3.4+), you also need enough storage space available.
- Open WhatsApp and tap on the button in the upper right (with three dots) and choose 'Settings';
- you will Then see the summary screen. Tap on 'Chats';
- then Go to 'Chat backup and tap on 'create Backup for your messages and media to store. This happens in Google Drive.
In the screen you can see a number of settings. So you can choose how often a backup needs to be made, where you have the choice of daily, weekly, monthly, never, or only when you press the Back up button tap. You can also check which videos will be added to the backup.
WhatsApp backup on your iPhone
of Course, it is also on iOS possible to create a backup of WhatsApp. However, this is not in Google Drive, but in iCloud. The backup feature works automatically and is as easy as on Android. Follow the steps below to create a backup.
- Open WhatsApp on your iPhone and tap the bottom on “Settings”;
- Choose 'Chat' and 'Backup', and then the button to copy (or backup) of your WhatsApp data.
It is more convenient to WhatsApp automatically creates a backup. To do this, tap 'Auto backup', and then you can choose from daily, weekly or monthly. Incidentally, also here videos by default is not included in the backup, because they take up more space than photos and messages. However, there is a small switch that allows you to indicate that WhatsApp-videos are stored in iCloud.
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