How to Restore Viber Messages When Deleted

This practical guide walks through how to restore viber messages when deleted, explains the main requirements, and highlights common issues that may appear along the way.

How to get back Viber messages when deleted

By default, Viber allows users to link Google Drive or iCloud accounts on Android / iOS devices to save chats. So if you have backed up your chats, Viber messages on your Android phone and iPhone. The most ideal solution to retrieve deleted messages is to restore from backup.

1. Retrieve deleted Viber messages on Android

If you're using Viber on an Android device, all you need to do is link the app to your Google account to backup your Google Drive chats and messages and use it to recover deleted messages attachments and other data.

Step 1: Backup Viber messages, chats on Android

First, make sure you have backed up your Viber chats and messages on Google Drive. To do this, open Viber app on your Android phone, go to Settings (settings) => Viber Backup => Backup (backup).

Step 2: Restore, get back deleted Viber messages

To restore, retrieve deleted Viber messages, reinstall the app and set up your account using the Google account you use on Android. During the account setup process, you'll see an option to restore your current backup.

If the option does not appear, go to Settings (settings) => Viber Backup (Viber backup) => click on the Restore option.

View the backup file details, then click Restore again to restore deleted conversations, Viber messages.

2. Retrieve deleted Viber messages on iPhone

Just like on Android devices, to recover deleted messages on iPhone you will have to activate iCloud and link your iCloud account with Viber.

Follow the steps below:

Step 1: Backup Viber messages, chats on iPhone

To backup Viber messages, chats on iPhone, first open the Viber app => Settings (settings) => Viber Backup => Backup (backup). Also, To automatically back up Viber messages, choose the Auto Backup option.

A little note is to make sure your iCloud account has enough free space to store Viber chats.

Step 2: Get back deleted Viber messages

To restore Viber messages from a backup, make sure you're using the iCloud account associated with Viber on your iPhone. The next step is to go to iCloud Settings (iCloud settings) and enable the iCloud Drive option.

Proceed to reinstall Viber on your iPhone and link it with the same phone number. The application will automatically detect existing backups and send you a notification.

Click Restore to begin the process of restoring deleted messages.

Note: make sure you are using a stable Internet connection so that the recovery process won't be interrupted.

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