Can I back up WeChat to the cloud?

“Hi everyone, I have been a user of WeChat for many years. I have a Mac and Windows 10 computer, which I also use to log in to my WeChat account, so you see that I have chat history on both computers, but with different timelines. Is there any way to back up the WeChat history I have and make it easy to recover it after data loss? Any solution you have would be very helpful. Thanks.”

As a social networking software with a huge number of users, WeChat plays an important role in daily life. Therefore, you may generate a lot of data when you use WeChat, which is crucial to you.

So, you may want to know if you can create a WeChat backup to the cloud to prevent accidental loss or deletion of important data. The answer is yes. For this purpose, you may need great backup and recovery software.

You may want to know how to back up WeChat to PC and then back up your data from PC to the cloud. Here we will show you how to back up WeChat to PC easily.

How to backup WeChat to PC

To backup WeChat to PC, just follow this easy guideline to do it:

1. Download the WeChat application for PC on the WeChat website.

2. Log into your WeChat account and click on the three lines icon in the bottom left corner. Choose the Backup on PC option.

3. You can back up all the data or select specific data to the PC. After confirming, you can wait for the process finishing and please keep your network connection stable.

3 ways to perform WeChat backup to the cloud

After learning how to create a WeChat backup to PC, here come 3 different ways to perform WeChat cloud backup easily. No matter what cloud drive you are using, you can find a suitable cloud backup solution here.

Way 1. Create WeChat backup to iCloud/iTunes

If you are using WeChat on an iOS device, maybe most of you wanna back up WeChat to iCloud or iTunes easily.

To back up WeChat to iCloud, you can go to Settings and tap your Apple ID to choose iCloud. Enable WeChat backup on the iCloud page. But iCloud cannot back up your WeChat chat history, and only photos and videos can be backed up.

You can also back up WeChat to iTunes. Just connect your iPhone to your computer properly and log in to your iTunes. Click on the Back Up Now to backup your WeChat chat history to iTunes.

Way 2. Create WeChat backup to Google Drive

If you have chosen to back up WeChat to Google Drive from Google Drive or iCloud, you can go to the Google Drive website to do it on your computer. How to backup WeChat chat history to Google Drive? Here are the detailed steps:

1. Navigate to the Google Drive website and log in to your account.

2. Choose My Drive on the left menu, then you can choose Upload files... or Upload folder...

3. After choosing your WeChat files and clicking Open, you can wait for the backup task to finish.

Way 3. Create a WeChat backup to any mainstream cloud

Since you know how to backup WeChat to PC, you can backup WeChat to any cloud drive you are using. We highly recommend a free cloud backup service called CBackup, which can help you create cloud backup tasks from your PC to the cloud directly.

CBackup is professional cloud backup software that provides a great PC to cloud backup feature. You can add different cloud drive accounts to CBackup, including most mainstream cloud drives like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc. Then you can back up your data from your PC to the cloud via CBackup effortlessly.

What’s more, CBackup has many shining points like:

● Combine cloud storage: You can get more free cloud storage space in CBackup. It allows you to merge unlimited cloud storage accounts into one combined cloud for a larger cloud storage space.
● Cloud-to-cloud sync: If you want to transfer data between different cloud drive accounts, you can try the cloud-to-cloud sync feature in CBackup for free.
● Restore files: It is easy for you to restore files of any version once you create a backup task for them in CBackup.

Now, let’s see how to create a WeChat backup to the cloud via CBackup:

Add cloud drive to CBackup

1. Download and install the CBackup desktop app on your PC. Sign up for a new CBackup account, then open the client to log in to it.

2. Click on the Storage tab on the left menu. If you want to create a WeChat backup to Google Drive, choose Google Drive to Authorize Now. Please follow the step-by-step instructions to grant CBackup access to your Google Drive.

Create a WeChat backup to the cloud

1. Click on the Backup button to choose Backup PC to Public Cloud.

2. You can change the Task Name for your WeChat backups, then add WeChat files on your PC as the backup source. Select the Google Drive account you just added to CBackup as the backup destination. After confirming, click the Start Backup button to perform a WeChat backup to the cloud effortlessly.

Tips: Restore WeChat data easily

If you deleted or lost your WeChat data, the WeChat backup can help you restore it easily.

Tip 1. Restore WeChat data from iTunes

If you back up your WeChat data to iTunes and want to restore from iTunes, just launch iTunes and press the Restore Backup... button here.

Tip 2. Restore WeChat data from Google Drive

If you have created a WeChat backup to Google Drive and want to restore WeChat data from it, you can go to the Google Drive website to download your WeChat data.

Tip 3. Restore WeChat data via CBackup

Once you create a WeChat backup to the cloud in CBackup, it will be quite easy to restore files in CBackup. If you wanna restore WeChat data from CBackup, please follow the easy steps to do:

1. Click on the three-dot icon next to the WeChat backup task to choose the Restore option.

2. Choose the files you want to restore, and select a location for them to save. Then click on Start Restore.

Wrapping things up

We have provided 3 ways to create WeChat backup to the cloud, and also introduced how to backup WeChat to PC. You may have known how to backup WeChat to Google Drive, iTunes, and if you wanna backup WeChat to any mainstream cloud drive, CBackup can be your best choice. It allows you to backup any data from a PC to the cloud and supports most mainstream clouds like Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.