How to back up photos from a WhatsApp chat?

There’s no easier solution to back up your WhatsApp photos from a chat to a computer than doing it with CopyTrans Contacts. Your photos retain original quality and modifications.

This tutorial features 2 ways of backing up your WhatsApp media files:

• Full back up of WhatsApp photos & videos

• Selective back up of WhatsApp photos & videos

Full back up of WhatsApp photos to a computer

1. Download CopyTrans Contacts from the following page: Download CopyTrans Contacts

2. Install the program. If you need help installing CopyTrans Contacts, please refer to the installation guide.

3. Run CopyTrans Contacts and connect your iPhone. The program will start loading all the iPhone data.
   

4. When data is loaded, go to the Messages tab, click on “WhatsApp” and select the chat from which you want to save the pictures.
   

5. Click on “Export Selected” in the top left corner and choose one of the formats that supports attachments: PDF, Word, Web or Plain Text. Also, choose the folder you want to save your WhatsApp pictures to.
   

6. As soon as the process is finished, navigate to the selected destination and look for the folder with the name of the contact. It will contain all the attachments like photos, videos, gifs and voice messages that you have shared in this WhatsApp chat.
   

Selective backup of WhatsApp photos to a computer

1. Download CopyTrans Contacts from the following page: Download CopyTrans Contacts

2. Install the program. If you need help installing CopyTrans Contacts, please refer to the installation guide.

3. Run CopyTrans Contacts and connect your iPhone. The program will start loading all the iPhone data.
   

4. Go to Messages tab and select the chat. To selectively save WhatsApp photos, tick the checkbox next to each media file you want to back up. If you want to save photos and videos for a specific period, click on a cogwheel symbol and choose the exact time frame:
   

5. When finished, click “Export Selected” and choose one of the formats that supports attachments: PDF, Word, Web or Plain Text. Also, choose the folder you want to save your WhatsApp pictures to.
   

6. When you see the success pop-up, go to the folder you have selected in the previous step and navigate to the folder that contains all the WhatsApp media files you’ve selected.