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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.
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.
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.
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.
Factory reset your iPhone. Reinstall WhatsApp on your Android device. Start a new transfer with the Move to iOS app on 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.
You can only move your chats before you’ve activated WhatsApp on your Android device. If you want to retrieve your old message history: Factory reset your Android device.
Tap > Linked devices > Link a device. Unlock your primary phone: If your device has biometric authentication, follow the on-screen instructions. If you don’t have biometric authentication enabled, you’ll be prompted to enter the PIN you use to unlock your phone.
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.
The change number feature allows you to change the phone number associated with your WhatsApp account. Changing your phone number in WhatsApp will: Transfer your account information, including your profile photo, name, about, individual chats, group chats, and settings from your old phone number to your new phone number.
