Google Drive is a savage! You must be thinking why? Because you can backup your WhatsApp chats on it and the best part is you can easily restore them on to a new device without any difficulty by using Google Drive.
Restoring WhatsApp chats is just as easy as having a conversation. If you own an Android smartphone, connect it to Wi-Fi before backing up your chats to Google Drive. Backup files can vary in size and can consume your mobile data and can cause additional charges. So it’s recommended to connect it to Wi-Fi.
Contents
- 1 You need certain things to use Google Drive backup, the list goes like this:
- 2 How to create a Google Drive backup
- 3 How you can manually back up WhatsApp chats to Google Drive
- 4 How to change the frequency of your Google Drive backup
- 5 How to change the account you want to use for backups
- 6 Important points:
You need certain things to use Google Drive backup, the list goes like this:
- A activate Google account on your phone
- Google Play services installed on your phone
- Enough free space on your phone to create the backup
- A strong and stable Internet connection.
How to create a Google Drive backup
Here is a step by step guide which you can follow to create a Google Drive backup.
Step 1: Open WhatsApp on your Android device.
Step 2: Next, tap More options (three dots) and select Settings from the given options.
Step 3: Tap Chats and then select Chat backup on the new page.
Step 4: Tap Back up to Google Drive and select a backup frequency other than Never.
Step 5: Now, you need to select the Google account that you’d like to back up your chat history to.
Note: If you don’t have a Google account connected, tap Add account when prompted and enter your login credentials.
Step 6: Tap Back up over to choose the network you want to use for backups.
Note: If you are backing up over a cellular data network, remember it might result in additional data charges.
The first backup might take a while to complete. Please leave your phone connected to a power source. Other than creating a Google Drive backup, you can also manually back up WhatsApp chats to Google Drive. Do you know how? Here is a complete guide, follow the below-given steps.
How you can manually back up WhatsApp chats to Google Drive
You can also choose to manually back up your WhatsApp chats to Google Drive at any time.
Step 1: Open WhatsApp on your Android device.
Step 2: Next, tap More options (three dots) on the home page and select Settings.
Step 3: From the given options tap Chats and then Chat backup.
Step 4: On the new page just tap BACK UP.
WhatsApp chats will back up to Google Drive. You can even change the frequency of your Google Drive backup. Here are the steps you can follow:
How to change the frequency of your Google Drive backup
Step 1: Open WhatsApp on your Android device.
Step 2: On the home page tap More options (Three dots) from the given options select Settings.
Step 3: On the new page click on Chats and select Chat backup.
Step 4: Next tap Back up to Google Drive.
Step 5: At last you need to select a backup frequency.
You can even change the account you want to use for backups, you just need to follow few simple steps.
How to change the account you want to use for backups
Step 1: Open WhatsApp on your Android device.
Step 2: Tap More options (three dots).
Step 3: From the given options select Settings.
Step 4: On the new page tap Chats and select Chat backup.
Step 5: Here you need to tap Account and select the account you want to back up your chat history to.
Note: If case if you change your Google account, remember you won’t be able to access your backups that are linked to the previous Google account.
How to change network you want to use for backups
Here are some simple steps you can follow to change network you want to use for backups.
Step 1: Open WhatsApp on your Android device.
Step 2: Next, tap More options (three dots).
Step 3: From the given options select Settings.
Step 4: On the new page, tap Chats and then Chat backup.
Step 5: Tap Back up over and select the network you want to use for backup.
Important points:
WhatsApp backups are joined to the phone number and Google account they were created on. You need to keep updating, WhatsApp backups that haven’t been updated in more than one year are automatically removed from Google Drive. Thus, to avoid the loss of any backups, it is recommended that you should keep backing up your WhatsApp data.
Keep in mind that every time you create a Google Drive backup using the same Google account, the previous backup will be overwritten and there is no other way to restore an older Google Drive backup.
Note: Remember that the media and messages you back up aren’t protected by WhatsApp end-to-end encryption while in Google Drive.
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