New here and have a question about viewing WhatsApp backups in Drive

[DroidH]

Wuddup! I'm Harris and I currently own a Samsung Note 4!
Used this forum in the past a few times and found it VERY useful but never really bothered signing up - but now I have!
Quick question: How can I view the contents of my WhatsApp back up in my Google Drive? Is this possible at all or not?
Thanks!

 

[srkmagnus]

Re: NEW HERE + Quick question

Wuddup! I'm Harris and I currently own a Samsung Note 4!
Used this forum in the past a few times and found it VERY useful but never really bothered signing up - but now I have!
Quick question: How can I view the contents of my WhatsApp back up in my Google Drive? Is this possible at all or not?
Thanks!

Welcome to Android Central!

Unfortunately it does not look like you can view the contents of the backup in Drive. Rather, you are only able to backup and restore the data from Drive: https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/20887921

 

[VW Maverick]

Welcome to Android Central and Mobile Nations.

Good answer from srkmagnus.

Mav.

 

[anon(782252)]

Hi and Welcome to AC! Looks like you got this answered quickly.

 

[belodion]

Welcome aboard and enjoy!☺

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[sydneycooper1979]

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[Almeuit]

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[Golfdriver97]

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[the tall guy]

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[AlphaTango414]

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[itguyjax8430]

Wuddup! I'm Harris and I currently own a Samsung Note 4!
Used this forum in the past a few times and found it VERY useful but never really bothered signing up - but now I have!
Quick question: How can I view the contents of my WhatsApp back up in my Google Drive? Is this possible at all or not?
Thanks!

Welcome to Android Central!

 

[STARGATE]

Hello Harris, welcome to the forums at Android Central!
I agree with srkmagnus.

 

[LeoRex]

The data isn't currently user-accessible. But the app data backup is new to 6.0, so they might make it more viewable. When they first announced the Photos backup, you couldn't see them in Drive either, but they added that a little bit later.

Welcome to AC, btw.

 

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[OceanView]

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