Starting in December 2023, all of your WhatsApp chat history backups will count toward your Google cloud storage quota. This policy change is a complete game-changer for anyone backing up WhatsApp chat data to Drive. While the change will gradually affect Android users over the course of the year, WhatsApp beta users will notice that their WhatsApp backups will eat into their Google storage starting in December 2023. Here's how to prevent this from happening.
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WhatsApp Beta users will be the first to see the change starting in December. And unless you want to be forced to buy additional storage, it’s best to either delete your WhatsApp backups on Drive or prevent them from backing up to Drive in the first place.
Here's how to find and delete your WhatsApp backup on Google Drive.
In addition to deleting WhatsApp backups, you can also disconnect WhatsApp Messenger from Google Drive. This will prevent additional backups from taking up your Google storage space.
