WhatsApp It is an off -road application that goes beyond simple messaging. It serves as a notes, assistant of AI, camera and platform in which to exchange files, among other uses. After all, they are more than 140 billion messages Those who exchange WhatsApp users every day, and in which there is everything. With this activity trajín, for many users it is normal for one to forget images or videos that he has sent by the app or, worse, that he has deleted them and then wants to recover them.
Is it possible? Yes, with some nuance, but everything is not lost if you have done it. In this article we will explain how to locate and recover on your mobile WhatsApp files that you have erased or you no longer know where they are. There are 5 ways to do it that we detail below.
From the photo gallery of your mobile
Sometimes, even if you have erased an image or video of WhatsApp from the app, you can find it in the app Gallery of the mobile. Follow these steps:
- Open the app Gallery.
- Check the folder WhatsApp images either Average.
In iPhonein the gallery, you can access Albums sliding your finger up and you will find the option Recently eliminated. In Android mobiles, this gallery option depends on the manufacturer’s customization layer. In a mobile Samsungif you use an account Samsung Cloudyou can recover them for a period of 15 days.
From Google photos
If you have the backup and you have not updated it, you can Restore it to recover eliminated images. If not, follow these steps:
- Open Google photos.
- Select Collections.
- If in content with content WhatsApp (Documents, WhatsApp Video, WhatsApp images and whatsapp animated gifs) do not find what you are looking for, you can use the Binwhich is also in this section. Google photos keep the files deleted during 30 days.
Restoring a WhatsApp backup
This method is safe, but with the counterpart that restoring a backup You will remove messages after the backup date. This can be solved by doing A new backup using a secondary Google account and restoring it once you have recovered the deleted files. To install a WhatsApp backup, follow these steps:
- Uninstall WhatsApp.
- Install it again and verify your number.
- WhatsApp will detect the backup of Google Drive (or local) and It will offer you to restore it.
- Accept and wait for the restoration to end.
From files or other file administrator
- Open the app Files from Google.
- Select Videos and, on the eyelashes of the upper part, WhatsApp video.
- BACK A SCREEN, SELECT Images And then WhatsApp images.
- Alternatively, you can introduce into the Search box the term WhatsAppso that files show you all the content you have of the app.
If you do not find what you are looking for, you can search the Bin of Fileswhere the files deleted for 30 days are saved:
- Open Files.
- Touches on the menu three horizontal stripesin the upper left corner.
- Select Bin.
The hidden WhatsApp folder
Android is not like Windowswhere navigating directories and system folders to find files is normal. The use focuses on apps, not on the operating system as such, although it also offers this option, which is not known by many users.
Through files or other file administrator you can do it and access the WhatsApp system folders on Androidwhere all the elements of the app are also stored. Normally, some of these folders, such as the one corresponding to the bin, They are hidden to the user. But files allows you to visualize them by changing this adjustment:
- Open Google Files On your mobile.
- Click on the icon of the three horizontal stripes In the upper left corner.
- Select Settings In the panel deployed.
- In the section Exploreactivate the option Show hidden files.
Once you have access to the hidden files of the system, you can proceed to look for all WhatsApp folders in the system. Follow these steps:
- Open Files.
- In the section All storageplay in Internal storage.
- Click on the folder Android.
- Touches in Average And then in com.Whatsapp.
- Select WhatsApp. If you want to check the deleted files, select the folder .trashusually hidden.
- If you just want to search among your app files, touch the folder Average. Here you will find folders for all types of files that the app may have saved. According to what you look for, select WhatsApp images, WhatsApp Video either WhatsApp Documentsamong other options.