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Why is my chat history gone after switching to a new phone?

Why is my chat history gone after switching to a new phone?

Updated over a month ago

This is a direct result of E2EE (End-to-End Encryption) protecting your privacy.

  • Local Storage: To ensure maximum security, your chat history and encryption keys exist only locally on the device where the messages were sent or received.

  • No Cloud Risk: We do not back up your plaintext records to the cloud. Therefore, when you log in on a new device, historical records cannot be synchronized because the new device lacks the local data from the old one.

  • Privacy Assurance: This mechanism is designed to eliminate the risk of cloud data breaches, ensuring that your conversations remain accessible only to the actual participants.

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