WhatsApp chats have been end-to-end encrypted for a few years now. This means that conversations between the sender and recipient cannot be viewed or intercepted by a third party. This makes the experience of chatting on the Meta-owned platform a lot more secure.

Is my WhatsApp backup safe?

Yes, of course – it is completely safe to backup your WhatsApp chats to Google Drive. Not only is it safe, but it is also recommended to keep a backup of your chats. Even if someone has access to your Google Drive, they can't download a copy of WhatsApp backup from it.

Should you back up WhatsApp messages?

To avoid the loss of any backups, we recommend backing up your WhatsApp data often. The first backup might take a while to complete. We recommend leaving your phone connected to a power source. Every time you create a Google Drive backup using the same Google account, the previous backup will be overwritten by Google.