How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Audio on Android?

Method 1: Recover Deleted WhatsApp Audio Android to PC

When it comes to how to restore deleted WhatsApp voice messages without backup, the best option we have is to use Tenorshare UltData WhatsApp Recovery, one of the WhatsApp recovery apps available in the market that work to recover deleted WhatsApp audio recordings from Android phone.

As a professional WhatsApp Data Recovery tool without root, it can get deleted WhatsApp messages back including photos, videos and voice messages, without backup. Here's how to retrieve deleted WhatsApp audio on Android:

• Get the latest version downloaded and installed on your PC. Open the app and select the "Device" option to recover whatsApp data.

  

• Connect the android device to the PC using the USB cable compatible with your device. Follow the instructions shown on your computer screen to enable the USB Debugging on your Android device.

  

• Once the device has been detected, select "Start" to start scanning for deleted voice messages. Make sure you are logged in on WhatsApp on your device.

  

• Please wait for the program to finish the process and scan the WhatsApp data.

  

• When the scanning process is done, all the deleted WhatsApp data will be displayed, including the deleted WhatsApp audio. Take photos as example.

  

• Preview and select the deleted auidos you want to recover and save them on the PC. Click "Recover," and you are done.

  

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Method 2: Restore Deleted WhatsApp Audio from Google Drive

As we have covered how to recover deleted audio from WhatsApp using the PC, now we are going to look at how to retrieve deleted voice recordings on WhatsApp from Google Drive without using the PC.

Premise: The "Back up to Google Drive" feature has been enable.

Follow steps below to check if you've backed up WhatsApp data to Google Drive and select its frequency as daily, weekly, or monthly.

• Open WhatsApp > More Options (Three vertical dots) > Settings > Chats > Chat Backup.
• You'll see the last WhatsApp Google Drive backup if the backup feature is turned on.

• Under Google Drive Settings, you can also check the frequency of the automatic backup.

  

Here's how to recover data from the Google Drive backup.

• Uninstall the WhatsApp and reinstall it from the Google Play app.
• After reinstallation, open WhatsApp, log in with your number, and verify it.
• WhatsApp will ask to restore your data from Google Drive; Tap "RESTORE" and wait for the restore process to complete.

• Once the backup is restored, you can see how many messages are restored. Simply tap Next to continue and you'll find your deleted WhatsApp audios have been restored.

  

Method 3: Recover Deleted WhatsApp Audio Android from Local Backup

In previous methods, we looked at how to recover deleted WhatsApp audio using the PC or via Google Drive backup. But there is another way of restoring the deleted WhatsApp audio using the automatic local backup feature provided by WhatsApp itself. With this built-in feature, WhatsApp will automatically backup your chats every day at 2:00 AM and save the backup to your phone's internal storage, which provides you with a workaround to recover deleted WhatsApp voice messages on Android.

Without further ado, let's learn how to restore deleted audio from WhatsApp via a local backup.

• Before recovering, you need to find the local backup files and store them somewhere else for later use. So open the File Manager app on your phone.

• Navigate to Internal storage or Phone storage > WhatsApp > Databases. You'll see all the local backup files. (Note: Local Backup is only for the last 7 days maximum)

  

• Find the latest backup file "msgstore.db.crypt12" and rename it "msgstore_Backup.db.crytp12". (If you want to restore from an earlier backup, then rename the backup file you want to restore from msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt12 to msgstore.db.crypt12.)

  
• Uninstall the WhatsApp and go through the reinstallation process of WhatsApp.
• Open WhatsApp, login, and verify your WhatsApp account.
• When you're prompted to restore your data (including chats and media) from the local backup, tap "RESTORE".
• You will see the number of the WhatsApp messages restored. Tap Next to get back the deleted WhatsApp messages including voice messages.

Bonus Tip: How to Download WhatsApp Backup from Google Drive

You can't use Google Drive to read or download WhatsApp backup. However, if you want to do it, you have to download a third-party application, such as UltData for Android. This tool also helps recover audio files with one click. Let's see how this application works.

• Open UltData for Android and click the "Recover Google Drive Data" option and sign in to your Google account.

  

• Click the "Recover WhatsApp Data" option. You will see different files on the screen; select the files that you want to download and click the "Download" option.

  

• You will see the prompt message on the screen, so read the details and verify your WhatsApp account by clicking the "Verify" option.

  

• You'll see the data on the screen, so check it and click the "Recover" option.

  

• Within a few seconds, your data will be recovered. Now, you can check all your audio files and play them.

  

Conclusion

We have gone through many methods on how to retrieve deleted WhatsApp audio on Android using PC and without a PC. When we talk about recovering the deleted WhatsApp audio using the built-in backup functionality of WhatsApp, then there is always a concern if we should delete and reinstall the app or not. Why take a risk when we have a great and working WhatsApp deleted audio recovery app i.e, Tenorshare UltData WhatsApp Recovery. So, if you want to recover data without any concern, then go for UltData WhatsApp Recovery.