Hackers can gain unauthorized access to the WhatsApp chats in your WhatsApp backup on iCloud or Google Drive. As the backup is not encrypted, anyone with access to your iCloud or Google Drive account can read your messages. To prevent that from happening, all you can do is stop WhatsApp backup. In our tutorial, we have listed the ways showing how to stop WhatsApp backup for both Android devices and iPhones. Also Read: How To Export Contacts On WhatsApp
Stop WhatsApp Backup On Android
If we talk about Android, WhatsApp messages are sent as a backup to Google Drive. It can sometimes become really necessary to stop the backup. The main reason is when we have some confidential information sent in the chats. Keeping this fact in mind, here are a couple of ways that we can use to disable WhatsApp backup using the WhatsApp Android app and Google Drive. Read on!
Using WhatsApp Settings
Using the WhatsApp settings for preventing WhatsApp backup is really easy and doesn’t take much time. Just follow the simple steps given below. With these simple steps, your WhatsApp will no longer do an automatic backup to Google Drive. However, if you want to start the backup again, follow the same steps and choose the option according to your choice, like daily or weekly.
Using Google Drive
Another simple method to switch off the WhatsApp backup is doing so directly in Google Drive. The following are the steps to make this method work. You can also watch our video:
How To Restart WhatsApp Backup On Android
You can start the backup again if you want. For that, the steps are given below. Finally, your WhatsApp messenger backup has started again.
Turn Off WhatsApp Backup On iCloud
In the case of an iPhone, WhatsApp data is backed up on iCloud. But as the messages and other data that we backup are not encrypted, it is better to prevent them from being backed up.
Using WhatsApp
The steps to stop WhatsApp backup using the app are given below. Now your WhatsApp data will stop backing up on iCloud. Although you can turn on the backup option whenever you want.
Using iPhone Settings
There is one more way to do so. For this, you don’t need to open up your WhatsApp account. Follow the steps given to disable WhatsApp backup on iPhone. Doing either one of the above will disable your WhatsApp data from uploading to iCloud. Also Read: WhatsApp Pros And Cons
How To Stop Whatsapp Chat Backup In Progress On Android Or iPhone
Unfortunately, the app does not have a backup feature setting that allows stopping a WhatsApp backup that is already in progress. But you can still do it with a simple trick. You can turn off the network connection on your device during the backup process. Please note that this method may leave you with a partially damaged backup that you won’t be able to use for restoring WhatsApp. If your phone gets damaged, you won’t be able to use this backup to recover your WhatsApp messages. It is similar to the case when WhatsApp backup gets stuck. Also, this method may affect other functions, features, and apps running on the device. For example, the auto-update of apps might be interrupted or your chat won’t work anymore.
Now You Know How To Stop WhatsApp Backup
Everything has some pros as well as some cons, the same case goes with the WhatsApp backup feature. Sometimes, the feature can do more harm than good. That’s why we wrote this post about how to stop WhatsApp backup on various devices using multiple ways. WhatsApp backup is important as it helps us recover deleted messages on WhatsApp. You can even move your WhatsApp backup from one phone ecosystem to another, for example from iOS (iCloud) to Android or from Google Drive to iCloud. However, as we exchange personal and confidential information on WhatsApp, turning off backup might be a good idea when it comes to security. What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments.
