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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.
You can transfer chat history from an iPhone to an Android device or from an Android device to an iPhone. Learn more about moving from an iPhone to an Android device , or how to move from an Android device to an iPhone.
Reinstall WhatsApp on your Android device. Start a new transfer with the Move to iOS app on your Android device. Note: You can’t merge new chats from your iPhone with old chats from your Android device.
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.
Open WhatsApp on your iPhone primary phone. Go to WhatsApp Settings > Linked Devices > Link a Device. Unlock your iPhone if you’re on iOS 14 or above: Use Touch ID or Face ID to unlock. If you don’t have biometric authentication enabled, you’ll be prompted to enter the PIN you use to unlock your phone.
Before migrating from WhatsApp Business to WhatsApp Messenger, you need to back up your account information to Google Drive. You can learn how to create a backup in this article. Note: This migration process doesn’t transfer data created by features unique to WhatsApp Business, such as your catalog and collections.
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.
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.
