Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages Using These Simple Tips

WhatsApp is one of the most used apps on almost all smartphones. According to a Forbes report, India is the largest market for “instant messaging and more” app, with around 390 million monthly active users. WhatsApp has radically overhauled its user experience over the past five years, with the latest update being WhatsApp Payments.

Among the many updates that users saw, one of the most useful was the delete messages feature. Users can delete their messages from other people’s inboxes within a specific time window of one hour after sending the text. In doing so, the message is also deleted from the company server, causing the message to disappear everywhere.

Naturally, recovering a deleted WhatsApp message can be a tricky task as the key associated with that particular message is also erased from the company database. However, there are a few tips that can come in handy in case you want to recover a deleted message.

Recovery using cloud backup

Cloud backups can be very useful if you want to recover deleted messages. However, you may lose the latest chats that are not saved.

1. Backing up cats usually takes place in the wee hours of the day. Make sure the deleted message is in the Last and Last Backup window.

2. Uninstall WhatsApp from your phone.

3. Reinstall the app and the app will detect the last saved cloud backup. Once the installation is complete, you can find your deleted messages.

Another way to recover messages is to use local backup on your phone, in case you haven’t enabled the cloud backup feature. This method can be used to recover old deleted messages.

1. Go to Files and locate the folder named “WhatsApp”.

2. Open the folder and navigate to the “database” folder. You will be backing up files with a specific date the backup was made in the file name. The file would look something like ‘msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt12’.

3. Rename the file name and delete only the date. Your file will now be called ‘msgstore.db.crypt12.’

4. This will ask WhatsApp to use the latest backup file.

With this method, there is a high possibility that your deleted messages will be restored, but it can come at the expense of your new chats.

Third-party applications

If you are not comfortable with this recovery method, you can use third party software called “WhatsRemoved +”. You can easily find it on Google Play Store.

Here’s how to use WhatsRemoved +

1. Launch the application. The application will ask for your access permission by presenting you with a list of applications. Select WhatsApp.

2. Once selected, press “Yes”. Then press “Save files” followed by “Allow”.

3. You will find that your downloaded messages that were deleted are now back to where they were in the inbox.

This method also works very well. However, iOS users cannot opt ​​for this method to recover their deleted messages.

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