WhatsApp: Recover deleted messages

If you have accidentally deleted messages from a chat in WhatsApp, this is no reason to panic. Thanks to the automatically created backup file, it is possible to restore the deleted messages without any problems. In this guide, we will show you what procedure is necessary for this.

WhatsApp: How to restore deleted messages from a backup

If you have deleted certain messages by mistake, WhatsApp offers you the possibility to restore them. All you need for this is the backup file that WhatsApp automatically creates every 24 hours.

1. To restore deleted WhatsApp messages using a backup, first delete the app from your smartphone.
2. Then download WhatsApp again, open the app and set it up with your phone number.
3. During the re-setup process, you will be asked if you want to restore WhatsApp from a backup file.
4. Click "OK" to do so and restore the deleted messages this way.

This is what to do for older, deleted WhatsApp messages

With the automatic backup file, it is only possible to restore messages that are 7 days old or less. To restore older messages, you need to go to "local/WhatsApp/Databases" in the file manager of your smartphone and rename the file "msgstore.db.crypt" to "msgstore.db.crypt.current". After that, uninstall WhatsApp and go to the above path again to give the name "msgstore.db.crypt" to the older backup that contains the deleted messages. Sobald Sie WhatsApp nun neu installieren und einrichten, wird Ihnen das ältere Backup im Rahmen der Wiederherstellung angezeigt und Sie können dieses in WhatsApp einspielen.