WhatsApp may delete your data if you haven't backed it up in a while
Back-ups that haven’t been updated in more than one year will be automatically removed from Google Drive storage.
By ET Online |
Messaging app WhatsApp has announced that it will automatically delete data of users if it hasn't been backed up on Google Drive for over a year.
The move comes after a deal between Google and WhatsApp that allows users to back up their data to Google Drive without having to worry about it being counted against the drive storage quota.
If you have signed in with your Google Drive account on WhatsApp to back up files but haven't updated the backup for a while, WhatsApp will automatically delete the last back-up file.
In a blog post, WhatsApp wrote, "Back-ups that haven’t been updated in more than one year will be automatically removed from Google Drive storage. To avoid the loss of any back-ups, we recommend you manually back up your WhatsApp data before November 12, 2018.”
So if you don't want to lose it, you will need to manually back up your data before the deadline.
Here's how to manually back up
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Tap the Menu option on WhatsApp
Click on Settings
Tap on Chats. Under that you will be able to see the backup option.
You can also turn on automatic backups, now that you don't have to worry about your Drive space.
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