How to Delete Phone Backup from Google Drive

Deleting phone backup from Google Drive is a relatively straightforward process, but it's essential to understand the steps involved to avoid any data loss or complications.

To begin, you'll need to access your Google Drive account and locate the backup folder associated with your phone. This folder is usually named after your device's model or a combination of your device's name and the date of the backup.

The backup folder contains all the data from your phone, including contacts, photos, and app data. This data can take up a significant amount of storage space on your Google Drive account.

You can delete the entire backup folder at once to free up space on your Google Drive account.

Deleting your WhatsApp backup from Google Drive is a relatively straightforward process. You can access the backup and delete it from the Google Drive app or web version.

To delete the backup from the Google Drive app, open the app on your Android smartphone and select the three horizontal lines. Then, choose "Backups" to view the list of all your backups in Google Drive.

Your WhatsApp backup is identified by the date indicating when the backup was created. Locate the backup and tap the three dots next to it to access the delete option.

You can delete the backup immediately, but be aware that it will also delete all your media files and chat messages. You won't be able to access the files that were attached to chat conversations.

If you delete the backup, you won't be able to restore it on your current device or transfer it to a new iPhone. Your new device will also not ask you to restore a backup if you have deleted the backup from Google Drive.

Here are the steps to delete the WhatsApp backup from the Google Drive app:

Note that deleted backups are temporarily moved to Google Drive's trash, where they can be recovered for 30 days (Basic and Plus users) or 120 days (Business and Pro users). After that, the backup data will be deleted permanently.

You can delete your WhatsApp backup from Google Drive using the Google Drive app on your Android smartphone. Open the Google Drive application and select the three horizontal lines to access the menu.

To delete the backup, navigate to the "Backups" section and locate your WhatsApp backup, identified by the date indicating when the backup was created. Once you've found it, tap the three dots next to it and choose "Delete backup".

This will permanently remove your WhatsApp backup from Google Drive.

You can delete your WhatsApp backup from the Google Drive app on your Android smartphone. To do this, open the Google Drive application, select the three horizontal lines, then choose "Backups". This will show a list of all your backups in Google Drive.

Locate your WhatsApp backup, identified by the date indicating when the backup was created. Once you've found it, tap the three dots next to it and choose "Delete backup".

Alternatively, you can also delete your WhatsApp backup from the Google Drive web page. You can find and check WhatsApp backup in Google Drive via the app and web page, so the option to delete a WhatsApp backup is available on both.

Here's a step-by-step guide to delete WhatsApp backup from the Google Drive app:

To delete your WhatsApp data from the app, you need to disable WhatsApp backups on your Android phone. If you don't do this, your phone will create and save another backup in your Google account.

This means that your data will be recreated every time you delete it, making it pointless to delete it in the first place.

You can delete WhatsApp backups from Google Drive on both PC and web versions.

To delete a WhatsApp backup on a PC, open Google Drive on your web browser, log in with the account associated with your WhatsApp, and tap on the "Storage" option on the left side.

Older backups will be removed automatically after 5 months if you haven't backed up recently. This means you don't need to worry about deleting them manually.

Deleting a Google Drive backup doesn't impact local backups, so you can still restore recent chats using the local backup stored on your phone's internal memory.

Removing WhatsApp Backup from Google Drive on a PC is a straightforward process. You can access your Google Drive account through your web browser and log in with the account associated with your WhatsApp.

To start, open your Google Drive on your web browser and log in with the account associated with your WhatsApp. Once done, tap on the "Storage" option on the left side. This will display your storage usage and available space.

Select "Backups" from the storage menu, displayed at the top right corner. This will show you a list of all your backups in Google Drive, including your WhatsApp backup.

To delete a WhatsApp backup, choose the backup you want to delete from your screen. Then, right-click on it and click "Delete Backup." This will permanently remove the backup from your Google Drive account.

Note: Deleting a Google Drive backup doesn't impact local backups, so you can still restore recent chats using the local backup stored on your phone's internal memory.

If you delete a WhatsApp backup from Google Drive, your media files and chat messages will get deleted immediately. All attached files to chat conversations will also be gone.

You won't be able to access your previous messages and media files on your current device. This is because the backup is no longer available.

If you delete the backup, it will temporarily be moved to Google Drive's trash. Depending on your Google Drive account type, you'll have 30 or 120 days to retrieve it before it's permanently deleted. Here's a breakdown:

If you delete the WhatsApp backup, your new device won't ask you to restore a backup. This is because the backup is no longer available for restoration.

You can manage your Android backups to Google Drive with the help of apps like Folder Sync, which allows you to sync data across multiple cloud services.

With Folder Sync, you can configure syncing individually, so one folder syncs to Google Drive daily and another to Dropbox weekly. You can also exclude subfolders if you only want data in a main folder to sync.

Google Drive has a hidden issue with backups, where much of the data is hidden and can't be managed from drive.google.com.

Managing Android backups can be a mess, but there's a way to improve it.

One option is to use an Android app called Folder Sync, which allows you to manage your data in multiple folders and sync them across various cloud service providers.

You're not limited to Google Drive with Folder Sync; you can backup your data on OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, MEGA, Amazon S3 bucket, or your custom storage accessed via FTP.

You can configure syncing individually, so you can choose which folders to sync to which cloud services, and how often.

For example, you can set one folder to sync to Google Drive daily and another to sync to Dropbox weekly.

However, if you're using Google's native services for backing up an Android device, you might find that much of your data is hidden.

You can't access this hidden data by going to drive.google.com and managing your backups or other saved data.

Instead, you need to go into the Google Backups menu to find, restore, and manage your data.

One of the key features of Filerev is the ability to see hidden data and manage it directly from Google Drive, rather than having to go through multiple apps.

Filerev also gives you many useful features for organizing, clearing out, and cleaning up your Google Drive account.

With Filerev, you can discover hidden, duplicate, and large folders instantly, and say goodbye to digital clutter in Google Drive.

If you're wondering how your backups affect your storage quota, the answer is that they do count against it.

The 15 GB free backup account that comes with Google One is not extra storage on top of your existing Google Drive account, but rather a new name for the existing 15 GB free Google Drive accounts.

You can still create multiple Google Drive accounts to get extra storage, so consider using one account solely for backups and another for your other files.

The 15 GB limit is easy to hit, especially with full phone backups, and once you've exceeded it, you'll have to pay $1.99/month for the $100 GB upgrade.