How To Backup Whatsapp Without Google Drive

Google Drive no longer offers free Whatsapp backup. For many Whatsapp users, this raises the question of how to properly backup Whatsapp chats, pictures, videos, groups and other components.

In this article, we’ll learn how to easily backup your entire Whatsapp, without relying on Google.

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Why is it important to backup Whatsapp?

If your phone is lost, damaged, or stolen – without a backup, you risk losing your entire Whatsapp chat history, groups, pictures, videos, and audio recordings. For many of us, this is a significant chunk of our digital life. So by keeping an up to date backup of Whatsapp, we can ensure that no matter what happens, Whatsapp can be restored just as before.

Where can you keep your Whatsapp backup?

Now that Google Drive is no longer a free default, it’s time to consider where to keep your Whatsapp backup. Here are some common options:

On your computer: you already have a computer, so why not use it as a backup location? It’s close by (so backups will be fast), and it’s already there (so no need to pay for storage).
On a backup drive: similar to your computer, a backup drive is another place where you can store Whatsapp backups quickly and cheaply.
On non-Google Cloud storage: Google is not the only Cloud storage provider. Other options include Dropbox, OneDrive, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2 and more.
Combination of local and Cloud backup: best of both worlds. Keep a copy locally (quick and accessible), and another Whatsapp backup on the Cloud (less quick, but also more survivable in case something happens to your local copy).

What are the advantages of Whatsapp backup without Google Drive?

There are quite a few advantages to not using Google Drive for Whatsapp backup.

Storage limit: Free tier of Google Drive is limited to 15GB. For most Whatsapp users, that is simply not enough.
Privacy: When backups are stored on Cloud storage without additional encryption, you can understand the privacy concern.
Control over data: Older backups may be deleted by Drive if not updated often enough, and each new backup overwrites a previous one.
Recovery speed: Downloading a massive amount of data from Cloud storage takes quite a bit of time

How do I backup Whatsapp without using Google Drive?

So how do we actually set up the backup? That part is surprisingly simple: you just use Zinstall FullBack. In fact, you can even use it without installing anything on the phone itself – if you don’t install its mobile app, FullBack will just use your Whatsapp Desktop on your computer, to maintain the backup.

FullBack keeps an always up-to-date, always on backup of your Whatsapp chats, groups, photos and documents, videos, files, and all other Whatsapp data. It can backup to all of the options mentioned above: backup Whatsapp to computer, to a backup drive, or backup your Whatsapp to OneDrive, Dropbox, Amazon S3 or Backblaze B2.

And it’s super simple to set it up:

Download and install Zinstall FullBack
If you are not using the mobile FullBack, just link your Whatsapp desktop to your phone
Choose where to keep your backups
That’s it!

Your Whatsapp is now safely backed up.

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