How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Chat & Media Files from Android

Hey everyone, Josh here. Lost your

WhatsApp chats or media on Android?

Don't worry. In this quick guide, I'll

show you how to recover them. Even if

you don't have a backup? Let's get

started. If you had Google Drive backup

enabled, restoring is easy. Once

reinstalled, WhatsApp will detect your

backup. Just tap restore to get back

your chats and media. If you don't have

a Google Drive backup, don't worry.

WhatsApp also saves local backups

directly on your phone. Here's how to

find them. Open your file manager. and

then go to internal storage. From there,

navigate to android media com. WhatsApp

WhatsApp databases. Inside this folder,

you'll see backup files with names like

message store y mmdd1 db crypt 14. Find

the most recent one and rename it to

msgto.

Db.crypt14.

Once that's done, uninstall and

reinstall WhatsApp. During setup, it

will automatically detect your local

backup and give you the option to

restore it. Just follow the prompts and

you're good to go. But what if no backup

is available? You'll need a powerful

recovery tool like Stella Data Recovery

for Android. This tool scans your phone

storage and helps recover deleted

WhatsApp chats, photos, videos, and

documents. Just install Stella Data

Recovery on your PC, connect your

Android device, run a scan, and retrieve

your lost WhatsApp data. To avoid losing

chats in the future, enable automatic

WhatsApp backup to Google Drive. And

that's it. If this helped, like and

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