"Deleting messages..." whatsapp, HOW DO I STOP IT?!

[Kharl]

Hi!

i did not chose that, why is whatsapp deleting a chat (i don't know which one) iif i have not chosen to delete any chat, ok, lets assume that very very accidentally coincidentally tap to delete a chat.... how do i stop it?

if i force close the app and open it again it continue the deletion?

 

[ocnbrze]

No idea. Don't really use the app, but I do not see anything in settings. Are you sure it deleted your messages?

 

[Kharl]

that is the problem i dont want to let it advance to confirm if deleted messages or not

 

[ocnbrze]

that is the problem i dont want to let it advance to confirm if deleted messages or not

just wipe cache and data, uninstall the app and then re-install the app.

 

[A bochur]

just wipe cache and data, uninstall the app and then re-install the app.

But make sure you have a backup before you wipe the data

 

[mary957]

What happened to your messages pal?
What did you do?

 

[ocnbrze]

But make sure you have a backup before you wipe the data

most of the messages will be backed up automatically on Whatsapp's servers. i do not use the app very often, but i have a few messages that when i deleted its data and cache and uninstall, then re-install it.....my messages were still there......so as long as the server is all sync'd up, it should be fine to delete data without backing up.

 

[Hadron]

Most of the mesages will be automatically backed up on your device, not on WhatsApp's servers. They may also have a copy of the backup in Google Drive, if they chose to do that.

If in doubt, copy the contents of your WhatsApp backups folder to somewhere else (deleting a message shouldn't remove the backup, but if you don't know why it's deleted then best play safe).

There has been talk of a new self-deleting message feature (for senders who don't want the message to persist), but I've not come across it so far myself. But mentioning this just in case it's relevant.