Whatsapp Deleted Chat - Too Late To Recover?

[mesmerred]

Hi, I accidentally deleted a precious Whatsapp chat on 27th May. Is it too late to recover it now (1st June) and if not, how do I do that? The online information says about reinstalling, but I'm worried in case my back ups aren't there properly and I lose even more.
My phone is an LG Sensation. Looks like I'm backing up daily to my gmail account. That drive shows two backups, both early this morning. One is for Whatsapp, the other for my phone number for 18 apps. Would those updates have overridden the one I am trying to recover?
Recovery software advertised as free seems to be a "tease" - lets you see it, but not actually recover it without a purchase. Advice appreciated please - but keep it easy to follow, ta.

[Old_Geezer]

Not expert enough to know, but if it's thst important to recover and the free trial shows you it exists, maybe worth considering paying for the service ?

The other folk in the chat, can they reinstate you into the group ? And if so does it bring anything back ?

[Zacs-Master]

https://howtorecover.me/restore-whatsapp-chat-deleted-messages-android

[pixie374]

I have just deleted my WhatsApp thread with my sister to try it and as soon as I messaged her again, the whole thread came back. Have you tried that?
If it is in a group one, they are archived rather than deleted, so you can check the archive part to retrieve it.

[mesmerred]

Thanks everyone for your answers.
Pixie374 - that's interesting. I did text again soon after, but not immediately, and it didn't come back so maybe there's a time element involved there. Useful to know though.

Old_Geezer - thought they could send the messages back, bit similar to the above, by using export, but it came back in weird text format.

Zacs-Master - will check out the link, ta.

[mesmerred]

Well I followed the instructions online to uninstall and reinstall and although I didn't lose anything else, it didn't get back the one I was after. Only got the short follow up "test" messages.

Thanks anyway guys.

[mesmerred]

HI pixie374 just a thought. Where is the archive? how do I check it?
(sorry, I'm dim about these things).

[Old_Geezer]

Sone time ago I had a similar issue and ended up searching for files, renaming existing data ones, and copying over what appeared to be a back-up and renaming it so it seemed current. Would not attempt to explain here though, was the sort of thing one needed to do as trial & error and ensure one could put back as it was if all went haywire. But looking at the existing files probably gives a clue as to how to spot any back-up.

[mesmerred]

Have found my way around the archive and think it would have been ok if archived.
Not good. Thanks though.