How to Recover Deleted Videos from WhatsApp [iPhone & Android]

Part 1: How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Videos from Photos App

WhatsApp can automatically download media files including photos and videos you receive to Photos/Gallery app when connected to the Internet. If you have enabled the correct settings as below before deleting videos, it is easy to get deleted whatsapp videos as they are saved in WhatsApp album.

• For iPhone users: Open WhatsApp Settings, go to Chats and toggle on Save to Camera Roll.

  

• For Android users: Open WhatsApp Settings, go to Chats and toggle on Media Visibility.

  

Do not forget to allow Media Auto-download over Wifi or mobile data in Storage & Data settings for both iPhone and Android.

As for how to recover WhatsApp video deleted by sender, in this way, videos sent in disppearing messages will be saved to Photos app too.

Related Read: How to Stop Auto Download in WhatsApp

Part 2: How to Recover Deleted Videos from WhatsApp with Backup

Many people do not enable auto download as it will take up a lot of storage on their phones. So how to recover deleted WhatsApp videos now? If you have backed up your WhatsApp data recently, you can use the backup to get back videos.

For iPhone

WhatsApp on iPhone is usually backed up to iCloud or iTunes. Restoring WhatsApp from iCloud backup reinstalls WhatsApp app while restoring from iTunes needs to reset your iPhone completely. So here it is better to use iCloud backup to retrieve deleted WhatsApp videos.

If you only have iTunes backup and do not want to restore your iPhone, then Tenorshare UltData WhatsApp Recovery is recommended to selectivey recover WhatsApp videos.

• Delete WhatsApp and download it again from App Store. While resetting, restore chat history from iCloud backup.

  
• In this way, WhatsApp messages including videos are recovered.

For Android

Android users can back up WhatsApp to local storage. And similarly, you need to uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp application to get back messages and videos. Google Drive backup is available to restore WhatsApp deleted videos too.

Part 3: How to Restore Deleted WhatsApp Videos without Backup

Now if there is no WhatsApp backup, how to restore deleted WhatsApp videos without backup? There are also thrid-party software working for both Android and iPhone users.

For iPhone users

• Download and install UltData WhatsApp Recovery on your PC or Mac. Start the program and click on Device.

  
  
  

• Connect your iPhone to the computer. After your iPhone gets detected, click on Start scan.

  

• Then the program will start scanning WhatsApp data. All the data discovered including videos will be shown here.

  

• Click on Videos. Select the ones you want to restore and then click on Recover.

  

For Android Users

How to restore deleted WhatsApp videos without backup on Android phones, use Tenorshare UltData for Android.

Conclusion

Having lost some important WhatsApp videos can be heartbreaking for many people. For how to recover deleted videos from WhatsApp, we have a lot of methods. If there is a backup, find using that. If not, try using software like Tenorshare UltData WhatsApp Recovery which finds deleted videos with great success rate.