Because you've already downloaded WhatsApp onto your new handset, the folder WhatsApp / Databases should now exist. If not, you can manually create a new Databases folder in the WhatsApp folder. Install WhatsApp on your new device but do not start the app!Ĭonnect your new device to the PC via USB. This is where all the backup files are saved with a date. Copy the file with the latest creation date (it will have a different name from the automatic backups created) onto your PC in an easy to find location (such as your desktop).

For phones that save to internal memory, such as most newer devices, connect your smartphone to your PC via USB cable, and navigate to the internal memory of the device to the folder WhatsApp / Database.Restore from the SD card to a newly installed WhatsApp on your new phone. If your old Android phone and new one both primarily use an external SD card for memory, simply back up to the SD card and then switch it out of your old phone, and put it into your new one.Settings > Chats > Chat backup. / © NextPit Open the Settings menu of WhatsApp, tap on Chats and calls and then tap Chat backup.

If you've yet to receive the Google Drive WhatsApp update, or just like to do things the old-school way, it's still reasonably easy to create a backup and move it to your new phone. Simply proceed as follows: Manually backing up chats and restoring them The ability to make Google Drive backups in the latest version of WhatsApp makes life easier.

This is the method we use when we switch smartphones for reviews and testing etc.

Chats and contacts will appear in the app instantly, whilst media will begin downloading in the background.

When WhatsApp is reinstalled, it will prompt you to recover your chats and multimedia from Google Drive.

From here, you can back up manually, or set it to automatically backup as regularly as you like.

You simply tap the trio of dots at the top left of the screen and go to Settings > Chats > Chat backup.

Newer versions of WhatsApp include automatic Google Drive backups, which makes the process of transferring your WhatsApp chat history between phones even easier than before.

Transferring WhatsApp chats from iPhone to Android.

Transfer WhatsApp chats manually with a PC.

Transfer WhatsApp chats the easy way with the cloud.

Restore whatsapp messages from backup