Comments (16)

1. Josie says:

   November 4, 2011 at 3:45 pm

   Will this work from iPhone 4 to Android? I am about to make the switch and really don’t want to lose all my WhatsApp Messages (
2. Keiron says:

   November 4, 2011 at 3:47 pm

   Hi Josie,

   Actually – I really don’t know! Is it possible to locate where the files are stored on the iPhone and copy those files out? If it is I’d imagine you can put them on the sdcard in Android and it will be fine (just getting them off the iPhone might be the issue!)
3. shadow says:

   December 30, 2011 at 6:20 am

   so if i dont want any backup? how do i stop it? is it just i go to sdcard and delete whatsapp folder?

   i dont want any backup cause im giving my phone to my friend and i dont want him to see back all my old msgs =x if he/she ever try to backup
4. Keiron says:

   December 30, 2011 at 7:49 am

   Hi Shadow,

   Yes I think that should do the job or format the sdcard entirely and factory reset the phone (that’s what I’d do personally!)
5. Eldon says:

   January 22, 2012 at 7:09 am

   Can I do something similar with the Viber app on iPhone? The chat history was deleted..

   Thanks!
6. Keiron says:

   January 22, 2012 at 5:23 pm

   Hi,

   I don’t believe so, this is best used when getting a new Android phone that uses WhatsApp as the messages are stored on the SD card (so I don’t even know if that works on iPhone).

   I did find this that says they don’t back them up to their servers:
   Thread

   Yes, unfortunately there is no way to restore the messages and call logs since we don’t keep our users’ chat history in our server (we care about Privacy).
7. James says:

   February 15, 2012 at 9:12 pm

   Thank you so much for this!
8. Chuchu777 says:

   February 27, 2012 at 10:05 am

   You are the man. You saved me hours of googling !!!
9. Michelle says:

   March 7, 2012 at 5:23 pm

   I accidentally press the wrong key to back up the whatsapp history. Which I dont want to do the backup. However, it said it has been back up in my SD card. I am using the Galaxy Note, but I dont have SD Card in my phone.
   So where it has been stored.

   Thank You.
   M
10. David Crouch says:

    March 19, 2012 at 8:00 pm

    Does anyone know if this method works also if the phone number changes???
11. Luis says:

    March 22, 2012 at 1:09 am

    Tks!, This worked perfectly!
12. Heverton says:

    March 22, 2012 at 9:35 am

    Hi,

    How can I locate this directory (/sdcard/WhatsApp), on my iphone?

    Can I send my WhatsApp Chat History to my PC?
13. Liew says:

    March 30, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Hi,

    I am changing my phone to Samsung Galaxy Note and it does not have SD card, so, how am I going to backup my whatapps message from the old phone? Please help. Thanks
14. Sam says:

    April 1, 2012 at 3:04 pm

    hi I have an android phone, and what’s app, but I deleted the chat that I need, how can I view the history with the one I deleted?! (Don’t know much about phones and things like this so try make it as clear as possible!) Hehe thanks
15. Keiron says:

    April 1, 2012 at 9:04 pm

    Michelle & Liew – Does the Galaxy Note have a directory called sdcard in the root folder? I’m guessing might have to make it support certain apps? You might be able to manipulate that to make this work.

    David – It might do I suppose, but when you reinstall you’ll need to verify again – I don’t know if this might affect anything?

    Heverton – This is an Android guide, if you find out where it’s stored on the iPhone let me know and I’ll get it published here.

    Sam – If you want the chat back in WhatsApp (and a new backup hasn’t been created with the chat deleted) you could uninstall WhatsApp and reinstall it telling it to fetch the backup files as detailed in the post.

    You might be able to just view it in the backup directory, but I don’t know what format it would be in.

    AND finally if a new backup has been created it might have wiped out the backup with the chat already in!

    Sorry I can’t be more help!
16. Yonas says:

    April 6, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    Much much grateful for the tips, it worked like a charm. Thank you thank you for saving me from the stress =)