How to Backup WhatsApp – to Cloud, to PC, to OneDrive, to Dropbox and more

For many of us, WhatsApp has become the focal point of our digital lives. Chats with family and friends, business discussions, kids’ photos, reminders, and so many pieces of information – when we need to look something up, it’s probably in WhatsApp somewhere.

And yet, so many of us don’t have any backup of that information, and no way to access it if something happens to the phone or to WhatsApp itself.

Think about it – if you lose your WhatsApp right now, what would you give to get it backup? Fortunately, setting up a backup is easy, and you’ll thank yourself later for spending a couple of minutes on that today.

Let’s see how to get your WhatsApp backup set up and ready to go.

Table of Contents

• What does a WhatsApp Backup cover?
• Backup WhatsApp – the “built-in” option
• WhatsApp Backup Software: WHAMetrics Backup
• How to backup WhatsApp to PCr
• How to backup WhatsApp to SD card
• How to Backup WhatsApp to OneDrive
• How to backup WhatsApp to Dropbox
• How to backup WhatsApp to Google Drive

What does a WhatsApp backup cover?

A proper WhatsApp backup must cover everything that your WhatsApp has, and must protect you from all kinds of potential loss.

What does a WhatsApp backup include:

• WhatsApp chats (both personal and groups)
• WhatsApp photos and videos
• WhatsApp stickers, archive, history

What should a WhatsApp backup recover from:

• Lost phone or damaged phone
• Deleted messages or photos
• Blocked accounts
• Hacked accounts

It is also important that the backup is accessible anywhere: if you lose your phone, for example, you want to be able to just open your backup from another devices or even online, and view your messages.

Plus, an accessible backup allows to you ensure that your stuff is actually safe and protected, instead of blindly trusting someone with safeguarding your stuff.

Backup WhatsApp – the “built-in” option

WhatsApp itself provides a very basic backup option.

Its main advantage is that of course it’s better than having no backup, and if you use the Cloud option – you do have a backup that can be restore to a different phone in most case.

Its disadvantages are:

• On Android, you have to pay for a Google Drive subscription, beyond initial 15GB. On iPhone, it is including in your iDrive.
• You cannot access your backup, view its contents or restore anything from it. It can only be used by WhatsApp itself, when restoring to a new phone
• Even when setting up a new WhatsApp, taking a step out of the right sequence, may permanently delete your backup and replace it with a new, blank one.

How to enable the built-in backup for WhatsApp on Android

1. Open WhatsApp: Go to Settings > Chats > Chat Backup.
2. Link Google Drive: Select Google Account and log in with your credentials.
3. Set Backup Preferences:
   • Choose whether to include videos (optional).
   • Select the frequency (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Manual).
4. Start Backup: Tap Back Up to initiate the process.

How to enable the built-in backup for WhatsApp on iPhone:

1. Open WhatsApp: Navigate to Settings > Chats > Chat Backup.
2. Enable iCloud Backup: Ensure iCloud Drive is active in your iPhone settings.
3. Set Preferences:
   • Include or exclude videos.
   • Choose automatic backup frequency.
4. Initiate Backup: Tap Back Up Now to start.

WhatsApp Backup Software: WHAMetrics Backup

An alternative to the built-in option is dedicated WhatsApp backup software – such as WHAMetrics Backup. It allows to backup your WhatsApp in a variety of options, and answers the requirements we outlined above on what the backup should deliver (especially the part about being accessible).

How To Backup WhatsApp to Your Computer

Not everyone wants to use Cloud for backup. Maybe you are concerned about privacy, maybe the connection is too slow, maybe you don’t want to rely on a 3rd party provider for your storage – or just don’t want to pay the subscription fees for Cloud.

Fortunately, you can keep your backup locally as well. For example, you could backup your WhatsApp to your computer – you already have storage there, after all. Let’s see how to do that.

How to backup WhatsApp to PC:

1. Download and install WHAMetrics Backup (on the phone and on the computer)
2. Open WHAMetrics Backup on the computer, and choose the option of “Phone to PC backup”. You will see a connection code that you will need to enter on your phone.
3. Open WHAMetrics Backup on the phone, and choose the same option: “Backup to PC”. You will be asked for the connection code from step 2.
4. As long as your phone and your PC are on same wifi, your WhatsApp will get backed up to the PC.
5. Backup repeats automatically – when you are back home, it updates your WhatsApp backup, keeping it always up to date.

How To Backup WhatsApp To SD Card

Another option for WhatsApp backup is to keep your backup on an SD card inside your phone. The main advantage here is that you don’t need anything other than your phone – not Cloud, not your PC, not even an internet connection. With that, this is also the main disadvantage: your backup stays on your phone, so if you lose it, you also lose the backup. It is of course still useful if your phone is damaged (you still have the SD card), or if something happens to WhatsApp itself.

How to backup WhatsApp to SD card:

1. Download and install WHAMetrics Backup on your phone
2. Open WHAMetrics Backup, and choose the option of “Backup to phone storage”.
3. Select “SD Card” from available locations
4. As long as your SD Card is in the phone, your WhatsApp will get backed up to it.
5. Backup is kept automatically up to date on the SD card.

How to Backup WhatsApp to Cloud

Backup to Cloud is a popular option for WhatsApp backup. In fact, that’s what the basic default options use – backup to Google Drive on Android, and to iCloud on Apple.

Let’s review additional options.

How to Backup WhatsApp to OneDrive

Instead of using Google Drive, you can use Microsoft OneDrive to store your WhatsApp backup. To make that backup automatic, WHAMetrics first backs up your WhatsApp to your PC, and then automatically updates your OneDrive backup of WhatsApp as well. Here is how:

How to backup WhatsApp to OneDrive:

1. Download and install WHAMetrics Backup (on the phone and on the computer)
2. Open WHAMetrics Backup on the computer, and choose the option of “Phone to PC backup”. You will see a connection code that you will need to enter on your phone.
3. Open WHAMetrics Backup on the phone, and choose the same option: “Backup to PC”. You will be asked for the connection code from step 2.
4. In addition to “Backup to PC”, choose “Backup to Cloud”. From the available options, choose OneDrive.
5. As long as your phone and your PC are on same wifi, your WhatsApp will get backed up to the PC.
6. Backup repeats automatically – when you are back home, it updates your WhatsApp backup on OneDrive automatically, keeping it always up to date.

How to Backup WhatsApp to Dropbox

Instead of using Google Drive, you can use Dropbox to store your WhatsApp backup. To make that backup automatic, WHAMetrics first backs up your WhatsApp to your PC, and then automatically updates your Dropbox backup of WhatsApp as well. Here is how:

How to backup WhatsApp to Dropbox:

1. Download and install WHAMetrics Backup (on the phone and on the computer)
2. Open WHAMetrics Backup on the computer, and choose the option of “Phone to PC backup”. You will see a connection code that you will need to enter on your phone.
3. Open WHAMetrics Backup on the phone, and choose the same option: “Backup to PC”. You will be asked for the connection code from step 2.
4. In addition to “Backup to PC”, choose “Backup to Cloud”. From the available options, choose Dropbox.
5. As long as your phone and your PC are on same wifi, your WhatsApp will get backed up to the PC.
6. Backup repeats automatically – when you are back home, it updates your WhatsApp backup on Dropboxautomatically, keeping it always up to date.

How to Backup WhatsApp to Google Drive, the right way

If you already have Google Drive storage, you can use WHAMetrics to maintain a WhatsApp backup on Google Drive that does much more than the basic built-in version (such the ability to access and open the backup from anywhere, not just WhatsApp). Here is how:

How to backup WhatsApp to Google Drive:

1. Download and install WHAMetrics Backup (on the phone and on the computer)
2. Open WHAMetrics Backup on the computer, and choose the option of “Phone to PC backup”. You will see a connection code that you will need to enter on your phone.
3. Open WHAMetrics Backup on the phone, and choose the same option: “Backup to PC”. You will be asked for the connection code from step 2.
4. In addition to “Backup to PC”, choose “Backup to Cloud”. From the available options, choose Google Drive.
5. As long as your phone and your PC are on same wifi, your WhatsApp will get backed up to the PC.
6. Backup repeats automatically – when you are back home, it updates your WhatsApp backup on Google Drive automatically, keeping it always up to date.

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