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How to Back Up Your Chat History to the Cloud on WhatsApp

Tap through the steps to see how backing up your chat history to the cloud works.

  1. Open Settings and find Chats

    Go into the app's settings and find the Chats or Chat Backup section.

  2. Find the chat backup option

    Look for a "Backup" or "Chat Backup" menu, usually under chat settings.

  3. Choose what to include

    Decide whether to back up media like photos and videos along with your text messages, since including media uses much more storage.

  4. Check your storage before you run out

    Cloud backups usually count against your Google Drive or iCloud storage, so check your remaining space, since running out will stop future backups silently.

  5. Why it's useful

    If you get a new phone or lose your old one, a cloud backup lets you restore your chat history instead of starting from a blank slate.

Protects conversations you'd hate to lose

If you have a conversation you'd be genuinely upset to lose to a broken phone or an accidental delete, backing it up to the cloud is worth the small amount of setup it takes.

Backup and the app's own account aren't quite the same thing

A cloud chat backup restores your history when you set up the app on a new device, but it's a separate system from your account login itself β€” losing access to your backup's associated cloud account (Google or Apple) can affect whether you can restore, so keep that account secure too.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is chat backup free?

It typically uses your existing free cloud storage allowance from Google or Apple up to a point, and needing more space beyond that usually means buying additional cloud storage separately.

Can I access my backed-up chats from a different device?

Yes β€” logging into the same account with the same cloud storage account on a new device lets you restore the backed-up chat history there.