{"id":167736,"date":"2021-05-17T15:27:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=167736"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:06:25","slug":"quick-way-to-backup-whatsapp-3-fast-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/quick-way-to-backup-whatsapp-3-fast-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Way to Backup WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re a WhatsApp user on <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Android<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iOS<\/a>, the messaging app lets you save conversations on the corresponding storage option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Apple devices, it&#8217;s the iCloud, and on Android, you can choose to use Google Drive. Your chat backups will be available for restoring previous conversations and in case you need to transfer the history to another device.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"howto_container schema-howto-acf-block\"><ol><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Access chat settings<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/How-to-Backup-WhatsApp-Step-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Backup WhatsApp\" width=\"370\" height=\"800\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start backing up your chat history, you need first to open the app and go to the settings. Click the gear icon on the bottom right side of the screen. Below &#8220;Account,&#8221; you&#8217;ll see &#8220;Chat.&#8221; Tap the line to access options.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Choose &#8220;Chat Backups&#8221;<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/How-to-Backup-WhatsApp-step-2.jpg\" alt=\"How to Backup WhatsApp\" width=\"236\" height=\"512\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This page controls the chat background, camera roll settings, allows you to clear, delete, or archive all the conversations. It also includes the chat backup option. Once you tap that, it&#8217;ll redirect you to the next screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Choose &#8220;Backup Now&#8221;<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/How-to-Backup-WhatsApp-step-3.jpg\" alt=\"How to Backup WhatsApp\" width=\"474\" height=\"512\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;ve never backed up your chat history, the &#8220;Last Backup&#8221; line will show &#8220;Never.&#8221; Alternatively, it&#8217;ll indicate when you performed it last. The second block on the screen shows the &#8220;Backup Now&#8221; option. Click it to initiate the process and wait for a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t.howto_container {\n\t  margin: 0 auto;\n\t}\n\t.howto_container img {\n\t\theight: 100%;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 30px;\n\t}\n\t\n\t\t  .howto_container h2 {\n\t\t\t  clear: none !important;\n\t\t  }\n\t\t  .howto_container ol {\n\t\t\t  list-style: none !important;\n\t\t  }\t\n\t.howto_container ol li::before {\n\t\tcolor: #ffffff !important;\n\t\tbackground:#0073aa !important;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Keep an Eye on Your Conversations on All Devices<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re using your PC in addition to a mobile device to access WhatsApp chats, there are a few backup options. One of them is to use a third-party backup program like <a href=\"https:\/\/iphone-contacts.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copytrans Contacts<\/a>. 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On Apple devices, it&#8217;s the iCloud, and on Android, you can choose to use Google Drive. Your chat backups will be available for restoring previous conversations and in case you need to transfer the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/quick-way-to-backup-whatsapp-3-fast-steps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Quick Way to Backup WhatsApp&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":177734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-167736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324813,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167736\/revisions\/324813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167736"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=167736"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=167736"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=167736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}