WhatsApp bug deleting your chats? We explain why WhatsApp Chat

There is a new WhatsApp bug which is responsible for deleting chats without any notification. The WhatsApp bug was discovered when a number of users reported having their old chats being deleted suddenly without any user input. The social messaging app is owned by Facebook and according to a recent online report, is one of the most used apps in the Indian subcontinent. The WhatsApp is considered quite safe when it comes to privacy. WhatsApp implements end-to-end encryption on every message which is sent from its platform. This time, however, there is a new bug which has been mysteriously deleting WhatsApp messages from chats. There have been reports of users finding their WhatsApp chats being deleted without any notification, confusing them.

Users have reportedly taken to Twitter to post their concerns and have also mentioned that their messages in their old WhatsApp chats have been deleted in a chronological fashion, starting with the oldest chat thread. The new WhatsApp bug made ground last year. WhatsApp reached out to Times Now with this statement, "We are aware of this bug and are working on a fix for the users who have encountered this issue." – WhatsApp spokesperson

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One WhatsApp user called Bharat Mehra took to Twitter to voice his concerns stating that his WhatsApp messages were getting deleted mysteriously. The Twitter post has been shared by WABetaInfo as well. Bharat also stated that he has been using a Moto G4 Plus smartphone.

Why are WhatsApp chats getting deleted

One reason as to why chats are getting deleted could be that WhatsApp had announced a partnership with Google wherein all backups will be automatically saved in Google Drive. The process of saving data will be the same, but the data won't occupy the 15GB data that Google provides to its users. WhatsApp had stated then that the backups which were not updated since last year will be deleted automatically from Google Drive. So this could be one of the major reasons as to why WhatsApp chats are getting deleted without any input or notification.

We would recommend our readers to back up their WhatsApp data on Google Drive. For taking a backup, navigate to the Menu option> Settings>Chats>Chat backup>Back up to Google Drive. Then select a backup frequency and a Google account in which you want your WhatsApp chat history backup as well as media backup.