WhatsApp: How to Retrieve Messages, Pictures and Videos Deleted

No argument on the fact that a large portion of users with mobile phones use WhatsApp to communicate with friends and family. What happens though when you accidentally text messages, photos or videos of the application are removed?, Nothing really serious, as all messages can be retrieved without the need for additional software and through the service itself.
This application lets you share images, audio, video and text messaging only have an Internet connection. It is therefore one of the messaging applications most used in the world, which is why today we want to show how to retrieve messages, pictures and videos deleted WhatsApp .

To begin we must know that the application creates a backup of all the data that the user shares via the service every 24 hours. Then this backup stores it in the microSD memory card from our smartphone.

So if we want to retrieve deleted WhatsApp messages we can make it through this backup. To this end, if the data out of the application are less than seven days time they were deleted, all you have to do is uninstall and re-install WhatsApp on your mobile phone .

By doing this, the service will automatically download all data stored in the backup the microSD card, including text messages, chats, photos and videos, provided they have not spent more than seven days .
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When reinstalling the application we will display a message which indicates if we restore WhatsApp message history. Then we click on the "option Restore "to retrieve all the lost data.

Now if what you want is to retrieve messages, photos and videos WhatsApp more than 7 days, then it is necessary to use Recover Messages a web service using the backup application to recover deleted information.
In this case we have to locate the place where saved WhatsApp backup in the memory card. This file is usually stored under the name " msgstore.db.crypt ".

If you use an Android Smartphone , then WhatsApp save this file in directory
sdcard / WhatsApp / Database / msgstore.db.crypt.

In case of using an iPhone , the file is in the location:
WhatsApp.net/ Documents / Chat Storage.sqlite

A time we have access to this file so we store on your computer or simply connect your phone to your computer and access the official website RecoverMessages . Then from the home simply has to click on the "button SQLite Select File "and then select the file.

Finally we have to enable the checkbox "I accept the terms of use" and then click the button " Scan ". The process to recover deleted WhatsApp messages may take some time, depending mainly on the size of the file and the speed of your Internet connection.

Final Thoughts

• It is important to understand that when you restore or retrieve deleted WhatsApp data through these methods all current chat history data will be lost.
• All new messages, both incoming and envoys, after you have used the backup will also be lost.
• Use a backup application manually overwrites the last backup security automatically.
• If you know other methods for retrieving messages, photos or videos deleted WhatsApp, feel free to share with us.

Update : For all those users who have lost pictures and videos on your phone, I invite you to watch our tutorial to recover deleted photos from a smartphone , using the Recuva software. In may also recover videos, audio files, emails, etc..