How to Take Back Up Of Whatsapp Messages on Google Drive?
In this video we shall learn how to backup WhatsApp Messages & Media on Google Drive
Hello, My name is Aekta
The first question that arises is why should you backup WhatsApp Messages & Media
Why is this needed?
Is it necessary to do this?
You may have important work-related or confidential information on your WhatsApp Chat
and you want to keep it carefully
You may have some private messages, chats , pictures or videos that you don't want to lose
You can take a backup of your WhatsApp Messages or Media such as pictures or videos
so that they are stored securely
By taking a backup in Google Drive the media will be stored safely
and you can see it anytime you wish
There can be another reason to take a backup
You may want to save memory on your phone
After all the memory on your phone is also limited
After taking a backup you can delete your messages and media from your phone & free up valuable memory
Since the morning today I am getting an alert on opening WhatsApp about Google Drive
Till I respond on the alert I am unable to proceed further
You may also see a similar alert soon
Let me tell you about this
Let's open WhatsApp
WhatsApp is giving me an alert about backing up my messages & media
I am unable to proceed till I provide a response
We will learn about this shortly
If you want to learn what is Google Drive & how to use it then you can click on the screen to watch our video
Let's learn how to backup WhatsApp messages & media on Google Drive
Click on WhatsApp to open it
It is asking me to choose the frequency with which I want to back up my messages & media
The frequency can be daily, weekly, monthly or never
Let's choose weekly
My existing email addresses linked to my phone are displayed
These email addresses would be the ones you would have used on the Google Play Store
or if you have configured your gmail on your phone it shall be displayed here
I have configured 2 email accounts on my phone so both are being displayed here
If you want to use the Google Drive of another email address you can click on Add Account as well
Let's select Add Account & click ok
A new window opens up & it is checking information
I can add my google account here
Let's enter the email address here
Please enter your own email address here & not the email address that I am showing on the screen
Click on Next
It is asking me to enter the password related to this email address
Enter the password
Click on Next
It is asking me to agree to the terms of service & privacy policy
Click on Accept
It is checking the info I have provided
If your internet connection is slow this may take some time
It is asking me for some permissions now
The email id that I entered just now is displayed on top
Click on Allow to proceed
Before clicking Allow let's see what permissions it is asking for
WhatsApp would like to view & manage the Google Drive files & folders that you have opened with the app
WhatsApp will be able to view & manage its own configuration data in Google Drive
These permissions seem ok
Click on Allow to proceed
If you want the video messages received on WhatsApp to be backed up check this box "Include Videos"
At this time I have approx. 140MB of videos on my WhatsApp & these will be uploaded to Google Drive
Click on Done
My WhatsApp has opened now
Before I provided the backup details WhatsApp was not opening & now it has opened
Let's exit WhatsApp
Another important thing to note
I had not updated my WhatsApp for some days
Click on Play Store
Type WhatsApp in the Search Bar
Select WhatsApp Messenger
As you can see my WhatsApp is not updated
If your WhatsApp is not updated you may receive this alert
You can update WhatsApp and enable the backup option from the settings as well
Click on Update & Accept to update WhatsApp
The updated version of WhatsApp is being installed
Click on Open
WhatsApp opens up
Click on the icon with the 3 dots
Click on Settings
Click on Chats and Calls
Click on Chat Backup
Google Drive backup is already synchonized since I had enabled it
If you do not receive the backup alert you can go to Chat Backup & click on Backup
and can take a backup of your WhatsApp Messages & Media on Google Drive
These are all the items that I set up just now
such as weekly backup meaning my messages will be backed up every week
This is my email account
The next item is Back up over
I had not set this up and it has chosen Wi-Fi only by default
Let's click on it & let me tell you about this setting
A pop up opens up
It is asking you to choose over which connection would you like to back up your messages & media
Only Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi or Cellular
I have clicked Wi-Fi here
If you choose Wi-Fi or cellular , your mobile data charges may be very high
since videos, images or files of a large size will keep getting backed up on Google Drive over your mobile data plan & you will keep getting charged
Hence it is suitable to choose the Wi-Fi option only
Your WhatsApp messages & media will be backed up to Google Drive only over a Wi-Fi connection which could be at your home, office or a restraurant
Click on Cancel
You can see your last back up here
At what time was the last backup done on Google Drive
As of now it is showing Never which means that the messages from this phone have never been backed
Let's click on BackUp to take a backup of the messages
It is backing up messages
It is creating a backup on your internal storage. Daily backups occur at 02:00
The backup is being taken in Google Drive right now and every day it will be taken at 02:00
It is displaying that local backup was taken at 22:00
All my files which are almost 230MB in size are being backed up to Google Drive
If your internet connection is slow this may take some time
It is displaying a message that you can restore your messages from Google Drive when you reinstall WhatsApp
This is a new and very good feature of WhatsApp
If you change or lose your phone & you reinstall WhatsApp you can restore your messages & media from Google Drive
So you will not lose your messages or chats
Previously if we changed or lost our phone it used to be extremely troublesome
since we would lose all our contacts and chats
If you sync & back up your data with Google Drive
When you reinstall WhatsApp on your new phone or even if you change your no.
All the information & data will get restored to your new phone
Your WhatsApp Messages & Media are also being backed up to your phone's internal storage
So there is a double back up being taken
This is a very useful feature . We will no longer face the issue of data backup in WhatsApp
70% of my 230MB data has been backed up & it has taken around 10 mins so far
Even though my internet speed is fast it is still taking some time
You get 15GB free space in Google Drive
So 230MB data should be easily saved there
My entire WhatsApp data has been backed up to my Google Drive
The size is the same - 229MB
The time stamp shows 22:31 meaning the data has been backed up to Google Drive just now
The next time you come here you will be able to see when the data was backed up to Google Drive
Our WhatsApp chat backup is enabled now
and we have seen how to go to Settings and backup all the message & media files to Google Drive
It is extremely easy . In a few minutes you can take a backup of your chat.
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