Back up WeChat messages from Android to computer
Back up WeChat messages from Android to computer
Want to back up talks from WeChat to computer? WeChat for Windows or Mac is the desktop versions which can help you send and receive messages on computer just like you send and receive emails using a email client on desktop or laptop computer. The thicker screen of computer and more versatile physical keyboard can make you type much swifter. Similar method can also be found to send and receive text messages from Android phone on computer. With a desktop client, you will be able to talk with WeChat friends or mobile phone contacts using a PC or Mac computer. The WeChat computer versions can also help you back up talk history from mobile phone to computer. So you can restore talk backups from computer to mobile phone when you have deleted or lost significant data on the phone.
How to Back up WeChat messages from Android to computer?
You will need to download WeChat for Windows or WeChat for Mac on to your PC or Mac computer very first. Click here for the Windows version downloading and this link for WeChat for Mac. We will use the Windows version in this demo to showcase you how to backup WeChat talk history from phone to PC. If you are on Mac, you will find they differ in appearance and the WeChat backup feature can't be found in WeChat for Mac at this moment. Tencent company may add this feature in future upgrade. For now, if you like to export WeChat talk history, you can scroll down to the bottom of this guide and visit the linked article about WeChat talk history and files transfer from phone to computer via WeChat for Web.
Run WeChat on PC, you will be prompted to log in WeChat. Click Login button in WeChat for Windows, you will need to confirm your login on phone. After that you will be login WeChat on computer. If it is the very first time you login a WeChat account on PC or Mac, you will be required log in using Scan QR Code. You need to use WeChat to scan QR code on computer in order to authorize the connection of your WeChat account from your mobile phone. See this tutorial to scan QR code using WeChat on Android phones. It works almost the same on Android phone. When you are logged in WeChat for Windows, you will open the talk window in WeChat for Windows. You can begin talking with your WeChat friends right on your computer. However in order to back up talk history from WeChat to computer, you need to connect up your phone to computer via USB.
Here are the steps to back up WeChat messages from Android to PC:
Step 1. Click the Settings icon from the left bottom corner of WeChat for Windows to open the Settings window.
Step Two. Click Talk Backup in WeChat Settings.
Step Three. Click Backup on Phone button to save your talk history from WeChat to computer.
Step Four. Authorize the talk backup of WeChat from Android phone and you are done. A copy of your talk history in WeChat for Android will be saved to computer.
Now your talk history will be saved to PC. You can go to restore the backups to mobile phone if you like. However the WeChat backup on computer is not readable with other software. You can't open and read them in Windows or Mac system. And some media files sent or receive in WeChat can't be saved, such as View movies. If you like to back up these data, you will need to download and use third party software implements. See this guide to save WeChat Glance movies to phone and computer.
Alternative way to back up WeChat messages from Android to computer
If you want to selectively back up any WeChat messages, photos, movies, View movies from Android to your PC or Mac, or if you want to copy your WeChat messages and files from Android to computer without any software, or back up WeChat data from Android to computer as readable files and documents, you can refer to this guide to back up WeChat messages and files to computer via WeChat for web.
WeChat 6.Three.31 backup failure
If you are using old versions such as WeChat for Android V6.Trio.27 or earlier, you should be able to back up talk history from Android to PC without following problem. Based on some users' feedback and our own test, it seems to be some problem with the WeChat for Android version 6.Three.31 backup. If you have upgraded WeChat to this version, you may run into below error on PC when attempting to backup talk history from WeChat for Android V6.Trio.31 to Windows computer. We may have to wait for the fix in the next upgrade of either WeChat for Android or WeChat for Windows.