I made a backup and lost messages. How do I recover them?

Hey geta-maria,

Sounds like you need support on recovering messages backed up from WhatsApp. We'd be happy to help out. Work through these steps directly from WhatsApp best equipped to assist in restoring from your iCloud backup so that you can get those backed up messages back:

Restore your chat history from an iCloud backup

1. Verify that an iCloud backup exists in WhatsApp > Settings > Chats > Chat Backup.

2. If you can see when the last backup was performed, delete and reinstall WhatsApp.

3. After verifying your phone number, follow the prompts to restore your chat history.

This is outlined further on the following WhatsApp support page: How to restore your chat history | WhatsApp Help Center

We also want to make you aware that your current WhatsApp chat history will be replaced when you restore the backup.

We hope this helps out.

Take care!