Whenyou set up the WhatsApp and verify your number, you will be asked to restore your chats from local backup file (msgstore.db.crypt12), or from Google account if your Google sync is on in WhatsApp chat backup setting. So if you want to restore from local backup file, don't forget to turn off Google sync, then you can see the prompt ofYour deleted WhatsApp messages aren’t necessarily gone forever Picture GettyWhatsApp has made a number of changes to its messaging service over the past few months, including most recently, the ability to edit messages, up to 15 minutes after they have been sent. This can save you the embarrassment of making an unfortunate typo or of accidentally messaging the wrong person. WhatsApp users also now have the power to delete messages which can leave the recipient frustrated and dying to know what was in the deleted message. However, there are a number of simple tricks that iOS and Android users can use to uncover these messages – here’s how. Delete the iOS app iOS users can delete and redownload the WhatsApp app to recover deleted messages. Make sure your WhatsApp messages are backed up on iCloud Make sure your WhatsApp messages are backed up on iCloud Delete WhatsApp from your phone Redownload the app via the App Store Sign back in to your account A message will appear asking if you want previously backed up messages to be restored. If you select this option, all messages will be restored, including deleted ones. WhatsApp users can delete messages after sending them Picture WhatsAppView notification history on Android If you have Android 11 and above you can view messages deleted by the sender using the Notification History feature. Head to settings’ on your smartphone and select apps and notifications’. Find the notifications’ option and then select use notification history. You will then be shown a log of all notifications received by the device, which will include messages sent to you via WhatsApp which were then deleted by the sender. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Restore WhatsApp database on Android An alternative method for Android users is to restore WhatsApp messages through a database. Launch the file browser on your device. Head to the WhatsApp folder and click on database’ where all of the locally saved backup files for the app will be located. Hold down the file and then hit edit name’. Change its name to’msgstore to ensure that it is not overwritten. Then, change the most recent backup file’s name to’ Next, open Google Drive on your phone and choose the menu option with three vertical lines on the upper right hand side. Click on backups’ and erase your WhatsApp backup. Then, delete the WhatsApp app and install it again. You will be prompted to recover WhatsApp through a local backup. Choose the file and click Restore – this will restore all messages, even ones that have been deleted by the sender. MORE WhatsApp will now let you edit messages – but there’s a catch MORE WhatsApp’s Chat Lock feature is more than an upgrade for cheaters Follow Metro across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Share your views in the comments below
The msgstore.db databases are the main files that contain WhatsApp artifacts on Android. The wa . db database contains a full list of the WhatsApp user's contacts, including phone numbers, display names, timestamps, and any other information mentioned upon registering in WhatsApp.
Althoughit appears WhatsApp encrypted the using the .crypt utility, it's still possible to read chats from the encrypted database by creating a simple Python script, which converts it to a plain SQLite 3 database. 8 and rename such file into msgstore.db.crypt12. 10 WhatsAppis a very popular application in social networks but sometimes it is challenging for digital forensic investigators to decrypt WhatsApp databases from Android devices. An Android device stores a database file named msgstore.db.crypt12 that is encrypted by WhatsApp. uDR5.