If you are a WhatsApp user who wants to permanently delete WhatsApp backups from iCloud, then you have come to the right place. As WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app and for a lot of people it is the most important app on their iPhone, many users struggle when they want to delete the chat backups this app creates on the cloud. Sure you can easily turn off automatic backups from being created by going to the app’s Settings, however deleting the ones that have already been created isn’t as simple. That is exactly what we are going to show you in this post. Read on to learn how to permanently delete WhatsApp backups from iCloud.
Permanently delete WhatsApp backups from iCloud
Section 1: Turning off WhatsApp auto backups
First let’s turn off automatic backups for your account. If this is already done on your device, then move to the next section.
- On your iPhone launch the WhatsApp application and tap on the ‘Settings‘ button from the button bar.
- Now tap on the ‘Chats‘ option from the menu.
- Next, tap on the ‘Chat Backup‘ option.
- On the next page tap on the ‘Auto Backup‘ option and select ‘Off‘ from the next page.
Now WhatsApp will not create any new backups of your chats, however, you still need to delete the ones that are already created, so move on to section 2.
Section 2: Deleting WhatsApp backups from iCloud account
Now it is time to delete WhatsApp backups from the iCloud account.
- Open the Settings app and tap on your name from the top to access Apple ID settings.
- Tap on the iCloud option.
- Next tap on the ‘Manage Storage‘ option and then from the next page tap on ‘WhatsApp Messenger‘.
- Finally, tap on the ‘Edit‘ button from the top right corner of the screen and then hit the ‘Delete Data‘ button.
Doing so will delete all your WhatsApp documents, photos, videos and chats from iCloud. / Emathja.com
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