Whatsapp it's just the application of most used messaging around the world But like any other messaging application it has a lot of important data traffic including chats, when deleting or uninstalling the application we are left wondering if the records of this application were deleted, there are ways to know and here we explain how.
What happens when I uninstall WhatsApp?
When you want to delete an application, many of these save data and cache files that are stored on our device in this way WhatsApp ensures that things are saved in a certain way to be eliminated permanently but you have to take into account certain things that make uninstalling WhatsApp leave certain important aspects to highlight.
- When deleting WhatsApp your profile picture and data are deleted so that the people who had added you previously do not see your data or your profile picture.
- Chats are deleted just like group chats This is because your account no longer exists in the application database.
Are chats deleted and deleted permanently?
In a way yeah, but there is also the possibility of recovering them and this is because there is a backup copy, said copy stores all the data and chats within the account. Google Drive so if you have an existing backup within the application so that the chats are saved within google and can be downloaded when reinstalling WhatsApp.
However, unlike Telegram which has certain similarities with WhatsApp, This backup guarantees that the chats and data prior to uninstalling the application continue to exist and therefore are not permanently deleted., This has its disadvantage since if we want to erase the existence of these messages or chats, the way to do it is delete backup or backup.
- Go to the WhatsApp folderThis can be found using your device's file explorer where the folders and data stored in your internal memory are located.
- Inside the WhatsApp folder you will find the Backup folder, this folder is responsible for saving chats and security records on your cell phone, this way you delete the message logs at the time of uninstallation.
It is also recommended disable WhatsApp syncing of the account configuring our application, We can go to settings and next to this search for chats where the backup option and chats records will be, namely, the history, select that you never do it since if you do you would not be deleting all the messages.
In this way you make sure that the messages have been permanently deleted, Now well said that we can understand that WhatsApp works in many ways and that not everything is like that at a glance, this is because the application seeks to protect the user and innovate in security, since many times can be uninstalled by mistake or we want to recover an old message.
Is multimedia data also deleted when uninstalling WhatsApp?
Yes, the multimedia data is deleted together to the folder except for the backup that is uploaded to the Google Drive account that is affiliated with the cell phone, namely, the email with which your cell phone operates, the Play Store and all Google logs that are connected and synchronized directly with your cell phone for this reason we must also configure our google account to access certain things.
WhatsApp not only has access to the personal data of the accounts but also to the multimedia, as well as the camera or microphone, however the company encrypt these messages and data so that they cannot be stolen by a third party, protecting your cell phone from any hacker or third party who seeks to appropriate both the chats as well as the multimedia data, audios, images and videos that you have stored on your cell phone .
