But what needs our attention as of now is regarding the Backup feature of WhatsApp. For the unaware, WhatsApp creates a backup of all your chats and media files over to Google Drive at 2:00 AM local time. While you cannot really deal with the time, but the frequency is within your control. In that regard, you could select Never, Only when I tap Back up, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly. While it is recommended to keep it to Daily, yet the preference boils down to each individual user.
As a handy tip, we would like you to know that this WhatsApp backup doesn’t count up against your quota of 15GB storage space on Google Drive. Anyways back to the topic, there exists one glaring issue with this feature that has seems to engulf quite a lot of users. Let’s check it out in detail what exactly is this issue all about. Then we will let you know the steps to restore an old WhatsApp Chats Backup and hence rectify this issue. Follow along. Other WhatsApp Tips and Tricks
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The Issue with Restoring an Old WhatsApp Chats Backup
So here is the thing. Once you have uninstalled backup and then are about to reinstall it, you will be greeted with the option to restore it. But the option will be to only restore the last created backup, or in other words, the most recent backup. If you wish to restore an older WhatsApp chats backup, you just cannot (well, this is what the general notion has to say). And this is bugging a lot of users. Just a slight search across the Google Support Forum and I found out tons of questions related to the said topic. Below is just one of the many examples, where more than 5000 people seem to have the same issue. So can’t we simply pick up an older backup from Google Drive and restore it? Well, I hate to say but the answer is not in the affirmative tone. But there still exists a pretty handy workaround through which you could easily restore your old WhatsApp chats backup. Before we list out the steps for that, we need to address the elephant in the room. Using this tip, you could only restore the chats, but not any media files. Since most of our readers might already have the backup and sync functionality enabled in Google Photos, restoring of WhatsApp media files sshouldn’t be much of an issue. Furthermore, chats will any day take up a higher position in the pecking order than compared with the forwarded Good Morning images, isn’t it?
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How to Restore an Old WhatsApp Chats Backup
Now that we are done with all the necessary prerequisites, let’s get straight to the point. The thing is WhatsApp not only creates a backup on Google Drive but also local backups, that are stored on your device. Furthermore, there wouldn’t be just the last created backup, but the last five, six, seven, or even more backups. In this tutorial, we will be making use of just that. Follow the below steps. That’s it. With this, we conclude the guide on how to restore an old WhatsApp Chats Backup. Do let us know your views about this handy tip in the comments section below. On that note, if you have any queries concerning the above steps, share it with us in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution as soon as possible. Other Android Tips and Tricks
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