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If you're moving from an Android phone to an iPhone, you can transfer your account information, profile photo, individual chats, group chats, communities, WhatsApp Channels updates, chat history, media, and settings.
It’s currently not possible to transfer chats from an iPhone to an Android device on WhatsApp Business. Your old device will still have your data unless you wipe it or delete WhatsApp. Transferring chats by cable means transferred data doesn’t go to cloud storage.
If you're moving from an Android phone to another Android phone, you can transfer your full chat and media history using WhatsApp's Chat Transfer feature.
There are two ways to transfer an account from Android to Android - Google Account backups and chat transfer. If you're moving from one Android device to another, the process is quite simple. Before you start transferring your WhatsApp account to a new phone, it's crucial to back up your chat history.
While restoring from a backup can recover all of your chat data, transferring your chats allows you to move your full account information to your new device, including all of your messages and media. To learn how to transfer your chats between two Android devices or iPhones, read this article.
Factory reset your iPhone. Reinstall WhatsApp on your Android device. Start a new transfer with the Move to iOS app on your Android device.
It's not possible to backup or restore your chat history on linked devices such as WhatsApp on Web, WhatsApp on Mac, or WhatsApp on Windows. To back up or restore your chats, you’ll need to use your phone.
You can only transfer your chats before you’ve activated WhatsApp on your new phone. Before starting the transfer from your old device, make sure you uninstall WhatsApp on your new device. Learn how here.
An email will be created with your chat history attached as a .zip file. Note: If you choose Include media, the most recent media sent will be added as attachments to be sent from your sharesheet. When exporting with media or without media, you can send up to 100,000 latest messages.
My Android device has a different phone number. It's not possible to move your chats to a new phone number. You’ll first need to change your phone number on your iPhone to your new number before moving chats to your Android device. Learn how here.
