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Accidentally deleted my whatsapp backup from google drive, any way back?

Was clearing space in Drive and removed the WhatsApp backup without thinking. The phone still has the chats for now, but I'm switching phones next week. Is a deleted backup recoverable at all, or should I just make a fresh one before I move?
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neha_chhibber Oct 20, 2026
singh.ankur
Don't bother chasing it. The WhatsApp backup lives in hidden app data, not as a normal file, so it doesn't go to the Drive bin and there's no restore for it. You still have the chats on the phone, so that's the good news. In WhatsApp go to Settings > Chats > Chat backup and hit Back up, with the right Google account selected. Wait for it to finish fully (check the 'last backup' time) before you touch the old phone. If both phones are Android you can also use the transfer chats option in Settings and skip Drive altogether.
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