How to Restore Whatsapp from iCloud to New iPhone 8

“I’m trying to restore my whatsApp data from my iCloud to my new iPhone 7 but it’s not working. I deleted the app and reinstalled it. Trying to restore the data but the process seems to be stuck and not completed. The chat history is very important to me. Please help me.”

Just like the Apple user reported, you may want to restore your Whatsapp chat history from iCloud to your new iPhone 7/7 plus, or future iPhone 8. However, sometimes you probably fail to perform a restoration due to some iCloud problems like iCloud not working. In such case, you need a third-party backup extracting tool to help you and we recommend you iOS Data Recovery.

By securely downloading backups from iCloud server, this tool allows you to look at detailed Whatsapp conversations in backup and freely choose which one to recover. Moreover, it supports retrieving more than Whatsapp texts, also Whatsapp attachments like pictures. And now, you can get this tool installed on your PC/Mac, and follow the below 4 steps to start your retrieving process.

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Also read: How to download notes from iCloud to new iPhone?

How to Restore Whatsapp Messages from iCloud to New iPhone

Step 1. Run this software and select “Recover from iCloud”.

Restore Whatsapp chat history from iCloud

Step 2. Click “Next” icon, enter your Apple ID and password to log into iCloud account.

Enter Apple ID and password to log into iCloud account

Step 3. After this software scans iCloud backups, you can select one backup you want and click Download button. And the download time mainly depends on the data size of your backup and network condition. After the downloading ends, click forward icon to next step.

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Step 4. Now, you are in your selected iCloud backup page. On the left side, you can click “WhatsApp” or “WhatsApp Attachments” to view your conversations with the info of specific chatting contents, pick up your needed ones and export them to your computer by clicking “To Computer”.

Restore Whatsapp from iCloud backup

iOS Data Recovery gives a full support on restoring Whatsapp chat history and other data, such as photos, videos, text messages, etc from iCloud backup files. Additionally, if iTunes backup is available, it is also capable of recovering deleted/missing Whatsapp messages from iTunes without resetting iPhone iPad. So why not download it now and have a free try?