WhatsApp is one of the powerful communication channels not only for personal use but for business use as well. There may be a lot of important information of conversations on your WhatsApp account that you may need to backup.
When you are applying for the WhatsApp Business API, you need to delete the WhatsApp account on the number. Hence, backing up your old chat history may be useful
In this guide, we provide you a step-by-step guide on how you can backup or export your WhatsApp Chat History for free.
Step 1: Install the “Backup WhatsApp Chats” Chrome Plugin from the Microsoft Edge Marketplace or Google Chrome Web Store.
To download the chat backup plugin on Google Chrome Browser, you can use this link.
If you use Microsoft Edge as your internet browser, download this plugin from this link.
Step 2: Open web.whatsapp.com on your computer using the Google Chrome Browser.
Step 3: Open the WhatsApp app on your phone by tapping on it.
Step 4: Open the Chats screen and select Menu and then WhatsApp Web.
Step 5: There will be a QR code (which looks like a scrambled barcode) on the computer screen. Scan this using your phone.
Step 6: Open the “Chat Backup” add from the top-right side of your Google Chrome Browser.
Step 7: Choose the Date Range and click on the “Download WhatsApp Chats” button.
Step 8: Allow the chat download to be completed.
The chat backup shall be stored as json files.
Video Guide
If you are looking for video instructions to know how you can backup your WhatsApp Chat History, you can follow the below video.
This chat backup plugin has been developed by WATI.io – WhatsApp’s Official API Partner.
How to import chats easily?
After you have done backing up your WhatsApp chats, WATI has a very powerful tool where you can easily import your backed up WhatsApp Chats by just importing it into that feature and that could see all the chats in your WATI Team Inbox.
To know more about it please click here.
