The messaging client preferred by millions of people in the world is taking steps to be one of the communication tools that has presented the most novelties in recent months. WhatsApp is currently an application that is the order of the day and is improving over time thanks to the developers behind it.
The amount of messages, multimedia, as well as documents means that a lot of information comes from it, which is important to always keep safe. This is easy as long as the different backups are made., that although the app itself is carried out, the important thing is that you also make one on your phone just in case.
Let's detail how to make a security copy on WhatsApp, keeping everything you want about it, although you will see all the available ones, as well as the complete one that is known. It will depend on the need you have, so if you prefer to keep everything you have some utilities that do this in a matter of approximately a few minutes.
Backups, a very important thing in all apps
It is valuable to always keep all the information of any of the applications that pass through our mobile phone, given that it usually stores messages and files of incalculable value. You should always consider that it will depend on the program to make a copy of another, and they usually have their own backup, while Meta uses Google Drive to save.
It is advisable to make these copies manually once every month, and every two months is also enough time to save everything. On the other hand, keeping it safe means having a pendrive., a hard drive (it can be the PC's, an external one) and other places such as the cloud, as long as you have enough space.
Google Drive will also help you save information relevant, both automatically and by the application itself or even sending it manually. The latter is always preferred, in case you have previous photographs, PDF documents and many other files.
How to make a backup via WhatsApp
Maybe it's the simple way, pull the official application itself, this will take you at least two minutes and some waiting for the program. Sometimes you depend heavily on the servers, Google Drive plays a lot here, which is the tool that is always operational and you have to use it.
It will need space, it almost always has it, since the backups are replaced as long as it does not manage to store the maximum 15 GB that it has between the different services of Google itself. When you make the manual copy, it is important that you do it with enough battery, so display the status at the top right of your mobile phone.
In order to make a backup copy with the WhatsApp app, Do the following:
- The manual way is the most comfortable, nor will it lead you to do too many steps
- Open the WhatsApp application on your Android device, you must be in the general tab called "Chats"
- Click on the three dots in the upper right
- Inside here you have to look for "Settings" and click on it to go to the various options of the messaging client
- Go to the “Chats” section and then “Backup”, right now above “Transfer Chats”, it will be at the bottom
- Click »Save» and wait for the entire process to be completed
After carrying out this you have the option to do it in Drive, is the service where it is done by default, it will tell you the size, which in our case will take up about 2,2 GB. It is usually always at least several gigabytes if there is a lot of text, photographs, videos and other various documents that occupy many gigabytes.
Set up backups yourself
By default it will be activated, although it is advisable that you take your time and configure the time in addition to other parameters so that the backup is made at the time you prefer. It is usually advised to do it at dawn, it is a time when the phone is inactive for you and usually consumes relatively little.
When configuring this section you must be careful with the geographical hours, always choose 02.00:14 with zero in front, if you put 00:XNUMX or do not choose an initial number in front it could be executed at noon. Choose if it is daily, weekly or monthly, this will depend on your need, being advisable daily.
To configure backup on WhatsApp that makes it automatic, you have to do these steps:
- Launch the WhatsApp application on your Android device
- Click on your profile image, now it has changed relatively compared to the previous version
- Go to “Settings” and then you have to click on “Chats”, it has it at the top
- Click on “Backup” and then select “Drive”, which is where it will go by default
- Select the account, always choose the one you use at that moment the phone, do not put a previous one if you do not know the password
- Choose a specific time, advisable at least from 02:00 onwards, 03:00 is also an important and valuable time
Make a full backup
To make a full backup of WhatsApp Similar to what is done with the application itself, it will be done with a utility called WA Message Backup & Viewer. This is good because it is light, you don't need much to create a complete one in a few minutes, the maximum is 8.
Once you install it, it will tell you if you want to make a backup copy of your application, confirm with yes and wait for it to complete the complete process. which usually takes around 3-4 minutes depending on the weight, which can sometimes reach approximately 2-3 GB.
