WeChat Cloud Storage: Back-up and Restore in 3 Easy Steps

You know that moment when you thought you've hit the right button but only to find out it deleted important notes and details in your phone?

I know! It's one of the worsts that could ever happen. But fret not, social mobile app WeChat has find a way to save the day, your digital notepad as it introduces Chat History Backup feature, which saves conversation histories and restores them to any device for up to seven (7) days.

The simple 3-step process of WeChat’s Chat History Backup starts with selecting "Settings" > "General" > "Chat History Backup" and then clicking “Back Up” for the conversations you’d like to store.

Once you’ve saved your chats, you can protect them by setting a password.

To restore your conversations on any device, simply log on and tap “Restore” on the Chat History Backup window. The backed-up history will be restored to your device from the server.

Now let me give you a rundown of several instances when this Cloud Storage Solution by WeChat saves you from encounters wherein you need to refer to your information while on-the-go:

1. Retrieving important dates  

Let's face it. In a world where calendar reminders run our daily lives, we often forget significant dates and even worst - deleted when hitting a wrong button. Thanks to backing up convos and chats where dates and details of the event could have been saved.   

2. Keeping lists 

Always using the Note apps of your smartphone? Use WeChat's instead to always save the day from an unintentional deletes.  

3. Retrieving work exchanges 

Afraid of losing important work-related details from your team's group chats? Then always expect the worst and back everything up. Aside from notebooks and emails, digital conversations with colleagues have also been reference points for work-related tasks. Simply retrieve your file either on your desktop, work phone, or personal phone and proceed to finishing your task.

WeChat envisions and innovates new ways for people to connect, communicate and share. A mobile social communication app designed for smartphone users, WeChat is the world’s fastest growing social app with over 100 million registered accounts internationally.

WeChat empowers users in fun and dynamic ways by bringing together messaging, social communication and gaming in one seamless, interactive experience, with comprehensive privacy and security settings that can be tailored as needed.

WeChat is an all-in-one app that enables users to add friends with several innovative features. These include highly convenient and reliable QR code scanning, phonebook and location-based connection services such as "Hold Together”, “People Nearby” and “Shake.” The platform facilitates social interaction with real-time “Walkie Talkie,” “Voice Call,” and “Video Call.”

Supported on data networks and Wi-Fi, WeChat makes it easy to stay connected with friends anywhere, anytime. Users can choose to communicate and share photos one-on-one, or within their closed social network through “Moments”. The popular WeChat Sticker Shop has a variety of fun animated emoticons to express any emotion.  Also, with a host of addictive WeChat Games, users can play and challenge their friends on the move, share scores and even find competitors nearby.

WeChat is available free for download on Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian and Windows operating systems.

To learn more about WeChat, download the app at www.wechat.com

Or visit WeChat Philippines Facebook page.