Viber is a free mobile chat application that is being used quite popular today. This mobile chat tool also has the " Backup and Restore " feature similar to backing up and restoring Zalo or Skype messages .
Rated as one of the best free chat software on mobile , in addition to having quite unique features, Viber is also the most secure messaging application in the world. However, if you often use the chat application on this phone, you will probably want to know how to backup and restore Viber messages in case of need.
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Enable backup and restore Viber data
The tutorial is done on iPhone, with Android and other operating systems, you do the same. And essentially backing up Viber data and restoring it is an available feature on the application, but to be able to use, users need to make a few adjustments as follows:
- Access to Settings / Accounts and password / iCloud
- Then turn on iCloud Drive and Viber mode as shown below

How to back up Viber data
Step 1 : You log into your Viber account on the phone. From the main interface, select the three dots icon - Add in the lower right corner of the screen and select Settings - Settings .

Step 2 : Touch the Account icon - Account / Backup Viber - Viber Backup .

Step 3 : Tap Backup now - Back up now to conduct data backup in your Viber account. However, it should be noted that this operation only helps us to save the text data (or in other words, only backup messages only).

In addition, you can also choose to Auto Backup - Auto backup and set the time for the phone to automatically backup the message at a fixed time (daily, weekly or monthly).
Recover Viber messages on iPhone
After successful backup, depending on the operating system, we will have different ways to restore Viber messages. Specifically, with the iOS operating system, after you install a new Viber for the device, will receive the following message.

Now you can choose Restore now to restore messages in the last backup or select Cancel to continue using Viber as a completely new account.
Recover Viber messages on Android
With Android operating system, users can choose simpler and more convenient. It is still in the interface where we make the backup message, you will see always the Restore option . Now we just need to select Restore / Restore Now to retrieve Viber messages on this device.

This feature is currently only available on mobile operating systems and can not be applied to other data formats such as (photos, media, GIF ...).