WhatsApp is at present informing customers about an vital change that house owners Meta and Google introduced again on the finish of 2023.
Many individuals are actually receiving a warning about backing up their chats which shouldn’t be ignored.
Particularly, this considerations Android customers who again up their chats and contacts by way of a Google account. Beforehand, this didn’t use any extra cupboard space in Google Drive, however was saved individually. That is now altering.
For a lot of WhatsApp customers, the cupboard space on Google Drive might not be enough to again up all their knowledge. By default, Google solely gives 15 GB throughout all Google providers, however that is rapidly used up with many lengthy chat histories and bigger information.
If you wish to proceed backing up all of your chats, messages and photos from WhatsApp, it’s essential to act now – since you solely have 30 days from receiving the warning to again up your knowledge.
Your choices for backing up WhatsApp knowledge
Earlier than the 30-day interval has expired, you’ve gotten the chance to verify your WhatsApp chats again up correctly. There are a number of choices for this.
Firstly, you may examine how a lot cupboard space your knowledge really takes up. To do that, merely go to Settings, then to Storage and knowledge. Underneath Handle storage, you may see what number of megabytes are at present occupied by all of your chats.
Should you faucet on it, you can too see which information and chats are taking over probably the most cupboard space. Should you don’t want a few of them, it is likely to be price clearing it out.
An alternative choice for extra cupboard space and likewise extra safety is the self-deleting messages which were accessible on WhatsApp since 2020. Alternatively, you may deactivate the choice to mechanically obtain photos, GIFs and movies in your group chats with a purpose to use much less reminiscence in future.
Alternatively, you may after all additionally e-book extra cupboard space in Google Drive. This prices further, however you may get 100 GB for simply £1.99/$1.99 per thirty days. Alternatively, you may again up your chats utilizing one other methodology, corresponding to an exterior laborious drive.
For extra like this, see all of Tech Advisor’s different WhatsApp articles.
This text initially appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and tailored from German.