How To Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages From Samsung

Here is a problem might always let many Samsung users very frustrated: what should I do if I lost all my WhatsApp's chat history messages and attachments? As we all know, WhatsApp is a very popular messaging app for android users all around the world. This article will tell you how can you recover deleted WhatsApp messages from your Samsung devices like Samsung Galaxy Note 9/S9/S9+/S8/S8+/S7 (Edge)/S6 (Edge)/Note 5/J7/J5/A7/A5.

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Something you should know about WhatsApp

Before we get started, here is something you should know about WhatsApp. This is the key of what way you can choose to get all your message back.

WhatsApp has a feature called automatic backups. You will see it from the first moment you start to use this app, if you choose "yes", then WhatsApp will backup all your data automatically every day at 2 am and stores them to Google Drive or your internal memory or external microSD card.

If you happened to enable this feature in the beginning, then you can recover your data easily. If not, please don't panic, here also is a way for you to get your data back.

Recover deleted WhatsApp Data from Samsung with Backups:

A. From Google Drives

If you have backed up your Data to Google Drive, things will be easy to do.

1. Uninstall and reinstall your WhatsApp( make sure you are under same Google account ).

2. After verifying your identities, tap on "Restore".

B. From Local Backup

If you didn't use Google Drive but backed up on your Samsung "s local memory. Please follow this step to retrieve your data back.

1. Uninstall "WhatsApp".

2. Go to Android file manager app( pretty easy to find ), then follow this path:

"internal storage"->"WhatsApp"->"Databases".

3. Decide which backup you want to restore.

4. Change file's name from "msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.cryptNN" to " msgstore.db.cryptNN".

5. Reinstall "WhatsApp", when ask to restore, tap "Restore".

Please be careful, here is a weak point about Backup recovery. The automatic backup for your data is only last for 7 days, so please take care of expire problems.

Recover deleted WhatsApp Data from Samsung without Backups:

If you didn't have any backup when you use WhatsApp, please don't be sad, here is a software called Gihosoft Free Android Data Recovery tool can help you to get your lost data back.

Steps to recover your lost data by using software

1. Downloading and install Gihosoft Data Recovery for Android.

2. Select "WhatsApp", then click "next".

3. Connect your Samsung device to PC by USB cable. If connection is successful then software will go to next step automatically. If connection failed you can see "How to Connect Samsung Phone or Tablet PC".

4. Click "start" to begin scanning your Samsung device.

5. When the scan is finished, you should see all your lost data, you can preview and select the data you wanted. Click 'Recover', then choose a location you want to put your recovered data on and software will export all your lost data to your computer.

This free Android Recovery software is very powerful and you can recover more files, for example, you can restore contacts on Android, or recover deleted text messages from Android, etc. and not only for Samsung but also for all android devices.

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