WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps on the market, with over 1 billion active users. But what many people don’t know is that WhatsApp also offers encrypted chat backups. This means that if something happens to your phone and you lose your chat logs, you can still recover them by restoring your backup. To encrypt your chat logs, first open WhatsApp on your iPhone and go to Settings > Chat Backup. You’ll see a list of all the chats you’ve had in the past 24 hours. Tap on one of them and then tap on Encrypt Chat Backup. Now all your chat logs will be encrypted and stored in a file called “WhatsApp Chat Backup (encrypted).ipa”. To restore them, first open iTunes and connect your iPhone to it. Then click on the Apps tab and select WhatsApp from the list of apps. Click on Restore from Backup and select “WhatsApp Chat Backup (encrypted).ipa” from the list of backups that appears. ..
By default, WhatsApp chats are end-to-end encrypted, but the backups aren’t encrypted for iPhone users. To be on the safe side, you can enable end-to-end encryption for those WhatsApp backups. Here’s how.
Start by opening WhatsApp on your iPhone. Next, tap the “Settings” (gear-shaped) icon in the bottom-right corner.
In WhatsApp Settings, select “Chats.”
In Chats, tap “Chat Backup.”
Under Chat Backup options, tap “End-to-End Encrypted Backup.”
The next screen will show that the Encrypted backup is off. Select “Turn On.”
On the next screen, tap “Create Password.”
Type a new password with at least 6 characters and one letter. Then, tap “Next” in the top-right corner. Retype the same password on the following screen, and tap “Next” in the top-right corner again.
Tap the “Create” button at the bottom to confirm that you want to create a new End-to-End Encrypted Backup. WhatsApp will prepare your backup with encryption and store it in iCloud.
That’s it! When you want to restore your WhatsApp messages backup, you’ll have to enter the same password that you’ve set for your encrypted backups. Good luck!
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