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Accidentally deleted WhatsApp chat, here is how to recover it

Here is how to recover accidentally deleted WhatsApp chat. Restore feature will bring back the messages which accidentally deleted after a backup.

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WhatsApp, one of the most popular instant messaging platform is now being used by over a billion users worldwide. The company continuously updates the user interface bringing new features to WhatsApp, to increase effective communication among users. However, we at times, while chatting with our loved ones or a friend accidentally delete a message, but, do you know you can recover that message. Keep in mind that you can only recover a deleted chat if you have back up option turned on.

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If you haven’t tuned on chat back up, we recommend you to switch it on for future back up needs. Go to WhatsApp, then tap on Settings, then onto Chats and select the frequency of your back say daily, weekly or monthly. We recommend to set it to back up daily.

Here is how to restore deleted WhatsApp chats via Google cloud backup

Let’s say you have turned on daily back up and set a time for back up say at 11 a.m. Now, if you accidentally deleted an important message that arrives say sometime around 8 a.m., you can recover that message as the back-up happened after message landed in your inbox. Here is how.

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You need to uninstall WhatsApp from your phone. The download and install it again from the Play Store or Apple App store and verify your phone number.

Once you have verified the phone number, WhatsApp will issue a prompt if there is a back-up on your Cloud. If there is one, click on the restore messages tab. The restore feature will bring back the messages that you had accidentally deleted after a back up has been made.

You should keep in mind that, if you delete a message after the back up has been made, WhatsApp offers no option to recover it.

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