Whatsapp backups are important for keeping all the history of messages sent and received in various chats, including those of groups.
In this way, even by changing the phone, changing the number, reinstalling Whatsapp or resetting the internal memory, you can recover all the chats as they were before, without losing anything.
Whatsapp backup, which is managed by external services on the Cloud, works differently on Android and iPhone .
On Android smartphones, chat backups are saved in Google Drive, while on Android smartphones the backup of Whatsapp is managed by iCloud.
For those who use Android, backups do not count in the storage limits of the free Google Drive account (which is 5 GB), therefore you will never have to worry that the backups are too large and videos can also be included without problems.
However, if no backup is made for a year, the chats will be automatically removed and automatically deleted.
It is therefore recommended to perform a manual backup and be sure that automatic backups are activated to be performed every day or every week depending on the amount of messages that are exchanged.
READ ALSO: Save Whatsapp chats, conversations and photos also on PC or Google Drive
How Whatsapp backup works on Android
To perform a manual and complete backup of Whatsapp from an Android smartphone, go to Settings> Chat> Chat backup and press the green " Run Backup " button.
To make automatic backup, in this same screen you need to tap under the word " Backup on Google Drive " and set it daily, weekly or monthly.
The choice of the backup frequency depends substantially on the amount of messages that are exchanged.
Under Account, you must indicate the Google account associated with Google Drive, which can be the same used to access the Android phone.
The last option is to include videos in backups.
This will make the size of the backups much bigger, but as mentioned above there are no space limits and Google Drive does not count Whatsapp in its available space.
As mentioned above, if you don't perform a backup for a year, your backups will be deleted forever.
Other details to know how Whatsapp backup works on Android are on the Whatsapp website
How Whatsapp backup works on iPhone
Whatsapp on iPhone saves chat backups in iCloud, Apple's Cloud drive service similar to Google Drive.
While with Google Drive the space for backups is unlimited, that on iCloud is limited by the available space of iCloud, which for a free account is 5GB.
To perform a manual backup of Whatsapp on iPhone, go to Settings> Chat> Chat backup .
From here you can also include the videos in the backup and set up an automatic daily or weekly backup.
In order for iCloud backups to work, iCloud must be activated in the iPhone settings, using an AppleID account.
Note that if you change your phone number, iCloud backup cannot be restored.
The iCloud account can also be shared by two people, keeping separate backups of their Whatsapp which are paired with their phone numbers.
More information on Whatsapp backups on iPhone are on the Whatsapp website
On both iPhone and Android there is also an option to make a manual backup of individual conversations and chats, bringing them to the computer or sending them via email.
To do this, open the chat to be saved, then on the iPhone touch the title at the top to open the options tab, while on Android directly tap the button with three dots in the upper right.
Scrolling down you will find the button that Export chat, to be able to send it to another application (On Android touch on Other and then on Export chat ).
Then export the chat, choose whether or not to include photos and videos and then select the app to export it, which can be Airdrop to send it to the Mac, Gmail to send it via email (even to yourself) or Onedrive or Google Drive to send it. at the PC.
You will then get a zip file with the conversation text file and all the photos and videos included.
In another article, the guide to restore Whatsapp backups and recover deleted messages, also in this case with different possibilities depending on whether you are using an Android smartphone or an iPhone.
As you will notice, if you change your smartphone and switch from an Android (like the Samsung Galaxy) to an iPhone or from an iPhone to an Android, you will not be able to restore the backup in a natural way and you need to perform a migration procedure a bit 'hardworking, whose guide is found by searching the internet.
In this case it would be more convenient to use the Export chat function so that you can save the most important conversations.
In this way, even by changing the phone, changing the number, reinstalling Whatsapp or resetting the internal memory, you can recover all the chats as they were before, without losing anything.
Whatsapp backup, which is managed by external services on the Cloud, works differently on Android and iPhone .
On Android smartphones, chat backups are saved in Google Drive, while on Android smartphones the backup of Whatsapp is managed by iCloud.
For those who use Android, backups do not count in the storage limits of the free Google Drive account (which is 5 GB), therefore you will never have to worry that the backups are too large and videos can also be included without problems.
However, if no backup is made for a year, the chats will be automatically removed and automatically deleted.
It is therefore recommended to perform a manual backup and be sure that automatic backups are activated to be performed every day or every week depending on the amount of messages that are exchanged.
READ ALSO: Save Whatsapp chats, conversations and photos also on PC or Google Drive
How Whatsapp backup works on Android
To perform a manual and complete backup of Whatsapp from an Android smartphone, go to Settings> Chat> Chat backup and press the green " Run Backup " button.
To make automatic backup, in this same screen you need to tap under the word " Backup on Google Drive " and set it daily, weekly or monthly.
The choice of the backup frequency depends substantially on the amount of messages that are exchanged.
Under Account, you must indicate the Google account associated with Google Drive, which can be the same used to access the Android phone.
The last option is to include videos in backups.
This will make the size of the backups much bigger, but as mentioned above there are no space limits and Google Drive does not count Whatsapp in its available space.
As mentioned above, if you don't perform a backup for a year, your backups will be deleted forever.
Other details to know how Whatsapp backup works on Android are on the Whatsapp website
How Whatsapp backup works on iPhone
Whatsapp on iPhone saves chat backups in iCloud, Apple's Cloud drive service similar to Google Drive.
While with Google Drive the space for backups is unlimited, that on iCloud is limited by the available space of iCloud, which for a free account is 5GB.
To perform a manual backup of Whatsapp on iPhone, go to Settings> Chat> Chat backup .
From here you can also include the videos in the backup and set up an automatic daily or weekly backup.
In order for iCloud backups to work, iCloud must be activated in the iPhone settings, using an AppleID account.
Note that if you change your phone number, iCloud backup cannot be restored.
The iCloud account can also be shared by two people, keeping separate backups of their Whatsapp which are paired with their phone numbers.
More information on Whatsapp backups on iPhone are on the Whatsapp website
On both iPhone and Android there is also an option to make a manual backup of individual conversations and chats, bringing them to the computer or sending them via email.
To do this, open the chat to be saved, then on the iPhone touch the title at the top to open the options tab, while on Android directly tap the button with three dots in the upper right.
Scrolling down you will find the button that Export chat, to be able to send it to another application (On Android touch on Other and then on Export chat ).
Then export the chat, choose whether or not to include photos and videos and then select the app to export it, which can be Airdrop to send it to the Mac, Gmail to send it via email (even to yourself) or Onedrive or Google Drive to send it. at the PC.
You will then get a zip file with the conversation text file and all the photos and videos included.
In another article, the guide to restore Whatsapp backups and recover deleted messages, also in this case with different possibilities depending on whether you are using an Android smartphone or an iPhone.
As you will notice, if you change your smartphone and switch from an Android (like the Samsung Galaxy) to an iPhone or from an iPhone to an Android, you will not be able to restore the backup in a natural way and you need to perform a migration procedure a bit 'hardworking, whose guide is found by searching the internet.
In this case it would be more convenient to use the Export chat function so that you can save the most important conversations.
