How To Recover Deleted Whatsapp Messages

Whatsapp is one of the most widely
used Smartphone messenger till today.
It has various features like real time
messaging, media sharing, group
chatting and so on. Apart from this,
Whatsapp also offers some hidden
features that most of the people don’t
know. Have you ever wondered how to
recover deleted Whatsapp messages?
The answer would be probably ‘yes’.
Most of the times we delete our
Whatsapp conversation and then after
sometime we realize that we accidently
deleted an important message. So today
we are sharing a comprehensive guide
on how to recover deleted Whatsapp
messages using Whatsapp backup and
restore feature.

How To Recover Deleted Whatsapp
Messages:

Recovering deleted Whatsapp messages
is very simple, you don’t need to be a
geek in order to retrieve deleted
Whatsapp messages, anyone without
heavy computing and programming
knowledge can recover deleted
Whatsapp messages easily. So without
taking much of your time here we go.

Recovering Recent Whatsapp Messages
(Less than 7 Days old):

It’s very simple to recover Whatsapp
chat history that is less than 7 days old.
Every day at 4 am Whatsapp
automatically creates a backup file of
your chat history at your memory card.
You can then use that backup file to
recover deleted Whatsapp messages.

To make use of that backup file, just
uninstall the Whatsapp messenger and
then install it again, after installation,
Whatsapp will ask you to Restore, Click
on restore and you are done. All the
chat history that is less than 7 days old
will again start to appear on your
Whatsapp messenger.

Recovering Old Whatsapp Messages
(More than 7 days old):

Recovering old Whatsapp messages is
bit complicated, Before you begin
recovery, Please note that all the recent
chats before particular backup will be
lost upon restoration. Here are the steps
to recover your old Whatsapp chat
history.

1) Download and install a file manager
from Google play.

2) Uninstall Whatsapp messenger.

3) Now using that file manager
Navigate to /sdcard/WhatsApp/
Databases folder.

4) You will find some files in that folder,
as you can see in the snapshot below.

5) Select any particular date file which
you want to restore and rename it to
msgstore.db.crypt
i.e: Rename
msgstore-2013-12-05.1.db.crypt file to
msgstore.db.crypt .

6) Install Whatsapp messenger again,
and choose restore when prompted.

        The backup file msgstore.db.crypt is
restored and viola, your deleted
Whatsapp messages is restored again.
So, here comes the end of article on how
to recover deleted Whatsapp messages.
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