From OnlyWhatsApps, we want to show you How to Recover WhatsApp Messages (or Wasap, as you prefer) Deleted by the Sender from iPhone and Android with Backup (if you don't have a copy, we have another post that will help you) that you can find in Google Drive or in your own device; don't worry, we explain everything below! The only thing you will need is your Mobile Phone (nowadays better known as Smart Phone) to recover that Chat or that Message you cared so much about or you were interested in (maybe more like Important Files) from the big Messaging Apps. We want to confirm you that you CAN recover a WhatsApp conversation and deleted messages, so stick around and find out!
App to View Deleted Messages Android
How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages from the Sender on Android
As things stand, there are no Android apps specially developed to recover deleted WhatsApp messages from sender. In this case, however, it is possible to use a "trick" that allows you to get the desired result.
In fact, there are applications that can "record" the notifications received on the phone, such as WhatsRemoved +, able to save the contents of the message preview immediately after receiving the corresponding notification.
In this way, the message in question can be read at any time, even after the sender has deleted the chat (or a single message).
However, before continuing, I would like to specify that such applications only work if WhatsApp notifications have not been disabled; moreover, the Android device must be able to receive the notification, even before the actual deletion of the message.
Finally, I would like to remind you that recover or read chat messages deliberately deleted by the sender may represent an incorrect action, which, in some cases, could even lead you into serious trouble: I will not be personally responsible for the improper use of the instructions I'm about to give you. Everything clear? Well, then let's get started!
First, download the WhatsRemoved + app from Play Store and, after starting it, tap the button to accept the terms of use of the service. Next, make sure that the application can access the system notifications by pressing the Yes button, moving ON up the lever related to the name of the application and finally confirming the willingness to continue by tapping the allow button.
Once you have granted the necessary permissions, exit the Android settings area and after restarting WhatsRemoved again, press the OK button a second time. At this point, check the box for WhatsApp, tap the Next button and then press the Yes andAllow buttons, to allow saving messages received and then deleted.
We're done! From now on, the application will record all notifications related to WhatsApp, including those containing files or messages subsequently deleted by the sender. In order to view these items, start WhatsRemoved, tap the WhatsApp tab and, using the green buttons located at the top, select the chat of your interest.
If necessary, you can also go to the Detected tab, to see all the files received and then deleted by the sender: voice memos, photos, videos, documents, etc.
How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Chat from Sender on iPhone
If you have an iPhone and you are interested in recovering WhatsApp messages deleted by the sender on this device, then I do not think I have good news for you: currently, in fact, there are no applications that can perform this task in this way.
Moreover, iOS does not allow the reading of system notifications by applications created by third-party developers: this means, in practice, that it is not possible to use a trick similar to that seen above for Android, due to security restrictions imposed by Apple.
However, do not worry, all is not lost: you can try to recover the messages of your interest by restoring a backup before the date they were deleted. I know, it's a bit drastic as a solution, but, for the moment, it's the only one possible! I will explain how to do this in one of the following chapters of this guide.
Application to View Deleted Messages iPhone
If we want to read deleted WhatsApp messages and we have an iPhone or iPad with the iOS operating system, we can act in the same way as for Android, although there are fewer apps dedicated to this purpose.
One of the most popular is Dr Fone, a data recovery program that can be used by connecting the device to a computer on which the software is installed. Once installed and interfaced between the two devices, we will have to follow this procedure for the recovery of deleted WhatsApp messages:
- Open the Dr. Fone program.
- Connect the iPhone to the PC.
- The menu window will open automatically.
- Select the Messages item.
- Select the "WhatsApp Attachments" designation.
- Start the scan.
- Click on "Restore" and then click on the "Restore Device" button.
- Once this is done, simply open the app and you will see the messages deleted by your buddies appear.
How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Conversations from the sender without app.
You have not been able to implement the steps I described above due to some problems with the apps I suggested, or you have an iPhone and you do not have the possibility to use apps that allow you to complete the task you have set for yourself?
Do not throw in the towel, there is still a chance of success: you can in fact try torecover deleted WhatsApp messages from the sender without an app, restoring abackup before the date when the messages were deleted.
In this way, you will certainly not have the possibility to read the messages sent and deleted immediately by the sender himself (that is, those that, in fact, you have never read), however, the chances of recovering old deleted messages are quite high.
However, even in this case, remember that restoring messages deliberately deleted by the sender may represent a bad practice and, in some cases, have serious consequences. I will not be held responsible in any way for the incorrect use of the procedures I am about to explain to you.
Android
The first thing you should do to try to restore, through a backup, WhatsApp messages deleted by the sender on Android, is to check that the date of the last useful backup is prior to the one in which the messages were deleted.
Note that the backups, depending on the chosen configuration, can be performed on a daily, weekly or monthly basis: depending on this detail, the chances of successfully achieving the goal increase or decrease.
Anyway, to know the date of the last WhatsApp backups, start the application, tap the button (⋮) located at the top right and tap the item settings, located in the menu displayed.
Then access the sections Chat and Backup chats and check the dates corresponding to the entries Google Drive and Place.
If the date of the last backup performed on Google Drive is prior to that on which the messages were deleted, follow the steps below to restore the backup in question (remembering that, at the end of the procedure, the messages received after the backup will be lost).
First, remove WhatsApp from Android: go to the menu Settings> Apps & Notifications> Show all apps (or Settings> Apps), tap the WhatsApp icon and press the uninstall button twice.
Then install the app again from Play Store and perform the initial setup procedure: launch WhatsApp, tap the forward button and enter, when prompted, the phone number and confirmation code obtained via SMS.
Upon completion, the last backup should be automatically recognized. To accept the message recovery, press the Restore button and you are done.
If the date of the last backup made with Google Drive is not "useful" for the purpose, then you can try to restore an old local backup: the steps are a little more complex than those seen above but, in this case, you have the option to recover even messages deleted at the previous date.
Remember that once the backup restore is performed, all messages after the date of creation of the latter will be lost, always.
Then, if you intend to continue, start the file manager application, such as Google Files (preinstalled on newer versions of Android) and follow the following path:Internal Memory WhatsApp Databases or SD Card WhatsApp Databases, if you are using a device with a microSD card.
In the folder in question, you will find a file named msgstore.db.crypt12 and a series of files with a name similar to msgstore-[data] .1.db.crypt12. The first contains the latest local backup made by WhatsApp, while the others contain the oldest backups.
If the date on which the most recent local backup was created(msgstore.db.crypt12) is earlier than the one on which the sender deleted his messages, in this folder you do not have to do anything else; otherwise you have to "replace" the most recent backup with an older one, following the steps I show you below.
- Delete the msgstore.db.crypt12 file: to do this, tap the ▼ button located next to it, tap the delete item located in the menu that appears and tap the delete button attached to the warning message that appears on the screen.
- Find the backup file created on the date you want to inform WhatsApp, tap the ▼ button located next to it and tap the item Rebaute located in the menu displayed. Finally, give the file its namemsgstore.db.crypt12 and tap the OK button.
Once the backup operations are complete, if necessary, uninstall WhatsApp as I explained above and remove the latter from the applications that have access to Google Drive: in this way, you can "force", during the initial configuration phase, restore the local backup.
Then, connect to the website dedicated to manage permissions for Google Drive and log in to your Google account (the same on which you configured the WhatsApp backups), if necessary.
Now, tap the WhatsApp Messenger item located in the Third-party apps accessing the account section and, to revoke Drive access permissions, press the Remove access andOK buttons.
We're almost there! At this point, all you have to do is reinstall WhatsApp from Play Store, follow the initial setup procedure of the service and, once verified the number, respond affirmatively to request to restore the backup in memory.
For additional information on WhatsApp backup recovery, I invite you to read carefully the tutorial dedicated to the subject, in which I have explained everything in great detail.
iOS
If you need to "bring back" WhatsApp for iOS to a date before the messages you are interested in were deleted, you can restore a previous backup of them.
However, unlike what we saw on Android, iPhone and iPad backups are not stored in the memory of the devices, but only in iCloud: unfortunately, this resets the possibility to choose the precise date of the backup to restore.
Depending on the settings chosen, the backups are performed on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and, depending on this detail, the chances of successfully recovering messages deleted by the sender increase (or decrease).
To find out the date of the last backup of WhatsApp, start the application in question, tap the Settings tab (bottom right) and then tap the items Chat andChat backup: you can find the information you are interested in next to the wording Last backup.
If the date of the backup was prior to that on which the message of your interest was deleted, all you have to do is restore the backup in question, delete and reinstall the application. Remember thatmessages received after the date of the backup will be permanentlydeleted.
In any case, to continue, do a long tap on the WhatsAppicon, until it starts to "shake", then tap x located at the top left and press the delete button, to confirm the removal of the application from the operating system.
Once this is done, download WhatsApp from the App Store, launch the application and, when prompted, enteryour phone number and thecode received via SMS, to complete the initial setup procedure.
If everything went well, once the verification of the number is completed, WhatsApp should recognize the iCloud backup automatically and will ask you to restore the old chats: when this happens, tap the button Restore chat history, to complete everything.
For more information on the steps described above, you can take a look at the specific guide I have dedicated to the topic.
If the iCloud backup no longer contains the messages you are interested in recovering, you can try to recover them by performing an iPhone restore from iTunes, using a backup created before the message deletion date.
I realize that this is a rather drastic alternative but, at the moment, it is the only one you have available (among other things, the result is by no means guaranteed). However, if you think it's still worth a try, you can reset your phone relying on the instructions I've described in this tutorial.
How to Recover Deleted or Deleted WhatsApp Without Backup
To know How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Without Backup, we would like to invite you to our other post called "How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages Without Backup", where we explain it in detail.
