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Old WhatsApp Chats Lost.. Stop Worrying; How To Restore On Android And IPhone

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Kunal Mehta
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February 12, 2026

Learn how to restore WhatsApp Chats here.

Technology Desk, New Delhi. Have you ever lost your phone or switched to a new smartphone and realized that your old WhatsApp chats are gone? This may be difficult for you, but the good thing is that you can get them back. WhatsApp allows both Android and iPhone users to back up their chats and media to Google Drive or iCloud. This feature gives users a copy of their conversations which they can easily restore later. The steps to backup and restore chats are easy, and here we are going to walk you through them.

Android smartphone users can back up their WhatsApp chat history to their Google Account, while iCloud is used to back up and restore chats on iPhone. As you might expect, backing up chats takes up extra Google Drive or iCloud storage, which means you may have to select a paid tier if your backup is too large.

Before moving on to the steps, keep in mind that users can't back up or restore chats from a linked device like WhatsApp Web, WhatsApp on Mac, or WhatsApp on Windows. For this process, the primary phone (on which you registered WhatsApp for the first time) is required.

You'll also need to make sure you have an active Google Account on your phone, which requires Google Play services. Also, you must have plenty of free space on both your phone and your Google account.

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