How to transfer WhatsApp chats, media? Follow these tips to transfer data effortlessly – Check details

Swapping phone numbers can cause a disturbance, particularly when users want to inform about their new numbers to everyone they know. Updating the contact number on WhatsApp makes people worried about their WhatsApp history like crucial documents, memes, and chat conversations. 

However, users do not need to be worried about that as WhatsApp has a built-in tool that helps transfer chat history and other shared media like pictures memes, and videos to a new phone number without compromising data. Here is a step-by-step guide to help people with the process who want to change their number or phone, keep the same WhatsApp account, simultaneously inform their contacts about the new number, and save data.   

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Before initiating the process, it is important to know that the inbuilt tool serves the best if users keep the same handset. Still, if they are changing their phones and sim cards, they will have to build a local backup on their old phones.

Step 1: Go to WhatsApp 

Step 2: Go to Settings on your Android phone, and click on the three vertical dots menu on the top right side. In iPhones, Settings is situated at the bottom right side.

Step 3: Click on "Account" and then hit on "Change Number."

Step 4: Assess the details on the screen. It confirms that changing the contact number will transfer account details, chats, and settings.

Step 5: Click on "Next" and enter both old and new contact numbers. 

Step 6: Select the way you wish to inform your contacts. The messaging app provides three choices:

Step 7: All Contacts: Everyone in the contact list will be notified.

Step 8: Contacts I have chats with: People who have interacted with you will be informed.

Step 9: Custom: You can choose specific contacts to be notified.

Step 10: Click on "Done" to start the migration process.

How to create local backup on old phones in case users are changing both their phones and phone numbers

1. Go to settings on WhatsApp.

2. Hit on "Chats" and then choose "Chat backup."

3. Select the regularity of backups. You can choose daily, weekly, or manual backups.

4. Choose whether to add videos in the backup, which will increase the backup size.

5. Click on "Back Up" to initiate the process. Now chat history will be saved in the phone's storage.

6. Install WhatsApp on the new phone.

7. Confirm the new contact number during the setup procedure.

When prompted, click on "Restore" to restore WhatsApp backup on the new handset and retrieve your chat history from the local backup.