00:00You can recover your deleted WhatsApp chats by uninstalling and reinstalling WhatsApp and choosing the restore option from your most
00:06recent cloud or local backup.
00:08Verify your backup exists, open your cloud storage, or check via the WhatsApp Help Center guidelines to make sure a
00:13recent backup is actually saved under your account.
00:16Uninstall WhatsApp, remove the application completely from your phone.
00:19Reinstall WhatsApp, download and install WhatsApp again from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
00:25Verify your phone number, open the app, agree to the terms, and enter the exact phone number you used previously.
00:31Tap Restore. When prompted to restore your chats and media from the backup, tap Restore or Next depending on the
00:38prompt and wait for the process to finish.
00:40Restoring from a local backup, Android only.
00:43Access File Manager. Use a File Manager app on your phone and navigate to Internal Storage, WhatsAppB Databases, or AndroidMediaCom
00:51.WhatsAppBWhatsAppB Databases.
00:53Rename the backup file, find the most recent backup file, name something like msgstore.db.cryp14 and rename it to
01:01msgstorebackup.db.cryp14.
01:04Rename the specific older backup file you want to recover to msgstore.db.cryp14.
01:11Reinstall WhatsApp, uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp on your device.
01:15Restore local file, tap Restore when the app detects the local backup file during setup.
01:20WhatsApp, help center, uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp. Tap Restore when prompted.
01:26Learn more about uninstalling and reinstalling WhatsApp here.
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