Technologies help increase productivity at work, meet people through social networks, or communicate at a distance. Whatsapp is designed to allow users to stay connected from afar. Clients of the program can send messages and use the available functionality. The options and tools are intuitive to use, which is why clients prefer the messenger. Among the functionality can be noted:
- Sending voice and text messages;
- Receive text and voice messages;
- Sharing files, photos, images and links;
- Manage settings;
- Change status or avatar.
At the same time, the user cannot save data that was sent or received in messages. The data will not be presented in a standard compressed format. If the archiving procedure occurs, the dialogue from the program will be hidden from the application page where the user’s chats are located.
Individual or Group
You can archive both an individual chat and a group of conversations. The only stipulation is that you need to archive entire chat threads, so archiving a single message or specific media file within a chat is not possible.
You can even archive all your chats at once, clearing your entire inbox without deleting anything. On Android, you will need to click on the three-dot icon in the upper right corner, and then select sequentially: Settings - Chats - Chat history - Archive all chats . In the Settings on your iPhone, tap Chats and then Archive All Chats .
How to recover messages from a WhatsApp archive
You can read hidden correspondence without removing it to the main screen. Just go to the section containing hidden conversations and open the one you need.
If the person with whom the chat was archived sends a new message, the conversation will be automatically retrieved by the messenger and moved to the list of active ones.
How to unzip a WhatsApp chat on iPhone
To independently transfer archived correspondence to the list of active ones, an iPhone user needs to:
- while in the main menu, in the “Search” line, indicate the name of the conversation or a quote from the messages contained in it;
- swipe left on the found dialogue;
- Click the “From Archive” button.
On Android
If a user wants to return an archived conversation to the WhatsApp home screen, they need to:
- open the application;
- scroll through the list of conversations to the very end;
- click on the blue “Archive” sign to enter it;
- in the list of dialogs that appears, click on the desired one and hold until the menu appears;
- Click on the icon with an arrow pointing up.
Delete is still an option
There is no need to unzip the chat if you want to delete it. The process is the same as unzipping, only you select “Delete” instead. Android will give you a confirmation pop-up. On an iPhone, you'll need to tap More after swiping, then Delete.
Just keep in mind that archiving is simply hiding messages and decrypting them, while deleting is a more permanent step. There are workarounds for getting a deleted trap back, but it's an unnecessary complication, so be careful when it comes to this choice.
What does it mean to archive on WhatsApp?
The term “archive” in WhatsApp has a meaning that differs from the generally accepted one. When this function is activated, data compression does not occur, resulting in freeing up space in the device memory. This action only allows you to hide the dialog from the main page of the application.
Archiving in WhatsApp is advisable when many chats have been created in the application. It makes it possible to remove rarely used conversations, which makes it easier to find the necessary dialogues. At the same time, the text of the hidden correspondence is saved, it can be returned to the active list at any time.
Use of third party services
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When using third-party programs, it is important to download them only from official sources. Otherwise, there is a chance of infecting your computer or smartphone with a virus. And due to infection with a virus, the user may lose not only information, but also lose his account.
WhatsApp Recovery
This utility will help you recover information after an unsuccessful update or program failure. It is installed on Windows and the smartphone is connected to a computer or laptop.
The simple interface allows even a beginner to understand the utility. Data recovery comes to both the mobile device and the operating system, if it has WhatsApp.
Tenorshare UltData
A useful utility from a popular developer allows you to retrieve many types of data from your smartphone, including recovering WhatsApp messages on an iPhone. The program is easy to use, fully translated into Russian and does not require jailbreaking or other serious manipulations with the smartphone.
It's already compatible with the latest iPhone 13 and iOS 15. Here's how to use it to recover chats and messages.
1. Download Tenorshare UltData from the official website (versions available for both macOS and Windows). Install the program following the instructions on the screen.
2. Connect your smartphone to your PC using a Lightning cable. If necessary, select Trust My Computer on iPhone to allow the devices to communicate.
3. From the UltData main screen, select "Recover from iOS Devices".
4. Select the types of data you are interested in - in this case, we are interested in the WhatsApp option, which is located in the “Third Party Application Data” section. Click "Scan".
5. Once the scanning is completed, you can select the messages you want and recover them.
Done: you have returned your lost messages.
Hetman Partition Recovery
(offsite - https://hetmanrecovery.com/ru/hetman_partition_recovery_download.htm) This is another popular program that will help you recover a deleted archive. First of all, we connect the phone to the computer on which the program is installed. The most convenient way to do this is with a cable. If the data you are looking for was stored on removable media, you can connect it to your computer without using a smartphone. Some devices allow you to connect via Bluetooth. But this is not the best option.
Launch Hetman Partition Recovery. Use it to open the connected media. Use the panel on the left for this. Find the Databases folder on it. In the middle of the window you can see a list of all deleted files. Let us remind you that you need to search for the required backup copy by the creation date indicated in the name. Having selected the required document (by left-clicking once), click “Restore” (the icon in the form of a lifebuoy in the upper left corner). The document will be restored to where it was before it was deleted. Having returned the backup copy in this way, proceed to restore messages as described above.
Dr.Fone
Using this program, the user will be able to recover data accidentally deleted from the smartphone. To use the utility, you need to install it and follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
This tool will help you recover not only data from the WhatsApp application, but also your phone book, SMS, and any other documents.
iPhone Data Recovery
This utility helps iPhone users recover all data from WhatsApp messenger. It is installed on the MacOS operating system. The user-friendly user interface is designed so that even a beginner can quickly get used to it.
In addition to restoring correspondence from the WhatsApp messenger, this program allows you to:
- recover various documents from iPhone;
- extract files from backups made using iTunes;
- save data from damaged or broken iPhone;
- create a backup copy of information on your mobile device;
- work with all iPhone models and versions of the iOS operating system.
However, many do not know what to do if an error is constantly displayed when restoring information. Next, the reasons for the occurrence of such situations and recommendations on what to do and what to do if it is not possible to successfully recover information will be discussed.
Video on the topic
Messages sent and received through the WhatsApp messenger are located on the devices themselves, and on the company’s servers they disappear immediately after they reach the recipient. What to do if there are too many chat histories? They can be archived, that is, temporarily removed from the main page.
Method 1: hiding on Android
Where is the WhatsApp archive?
Login to the application and:
- click on the desired conversation and long press to bring up the menu at the top of the display;
- The archive button looks like a square with a green arrow pointing down. Touch it and correspondence with this interlocutor will be hidden;
- if you need to remove all dialogs at once, go to the menu and click "Settings" In chapter " Chats"o⟶"Archive».
- To find out which people’s conversations were hidden, you need to scroll through the list of conversations and click on the inscription: “Archived chats».
Archiving a single chat in WhatsApp on Android
To access it you need:
- Go to the general window where all active chats presented in the list are located.
- After this, you need to hold down the chat required for archiving for a few seconds (the chat will be highlighted with a checkmark).
- In response, a small menu will appear where you can find the corresponding item (indicated in the photo where to click).
- Next, a message will appear that the chat has been successfully archived and at the bottom you will see the line Archived chats (1) in brackets the number of archived chats is indicated.
Conditions for restoring correspondence
The first condition for returning chat history is to have a backup copy. It is stored on Google Drive (iCloud, if we are talking about iOS) and/or in the smartphone’s memory.
Local copies of WhatsApp files contain data for the last 7 days. They are created daily automatically at 2 a.m. local time. The user cannot control this function - disable it or enable it back. The only available function is to manually save a local copy, for example, before moving files to another smartphone.
Saving a copy to Google Drive (for Android) or iCloud (for iOS) is optional. It contains a complete set of messages. There is one more difference between a local copy and a disk backup. You can restore any of the saved copies from your smartphone’s memory. On the disk, the backup is overwritten when the next copy is created.
To make a copy to cloud storage from an Android smartphone:
- Open the application menu and go to Settings.
- Select Chats.
- Go to “Chat Backup”.
- Select "Backup to Google Drive."
- Specify the frequency of creating backups.
- Mark the Google profile to whose cloud storage you want to send a copy.
- Select your data network. When using mobile traffic, additional expenses for the Internet are possible, so it is better to set the “Wi-Fi” mode.
The principle is the same in the iOS application. In the “Backup” section there is a “Create a copy” button and an automatic saving mode. To create a backup, iCloud Drive must be enabled on your smartphone.
The second condition for data recovery is to use the phone number that was used when the copy was created. Messages cannot be restored to another number, otherwise it would violate user privacy. In addition, if you are returning correspondence from a backup on Google Drive or iCloud, you must log in to the account that was used when saving the backup.
Messages deleted from a conversation can also be restored if certain conditions are met. For example, if this data remains in a local copy, then you can find it and return it. The disadvantage of this method is that when restoring an old copy, correspondence that was conducted after the date the backup was created will be lost.
In addition, WhatsApp has two types of deleting messages:
- “Delete from me” - this option is available without restrictions. The message remains with the interlocutor, and if necessary, he can forward it to you. Essentially, you're just erasing text from your part of the dialogue.
- “Delete from everyone” - valid for an hour after sending the message. The message is deleted from the interlocutor; if this is a group chat, then from all participants in the conversation. Instead of the erased text, a notification “This message has been deleted” appears.
User correspondence is not stored on servers. If the message is not with the interlocutor or in the backup copy, then it will not be possible to return it.
