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Wipe WhatsApp Messages from iPhone Permanently

By Selena KomezUpdated on March 11, 2017


“I’ m planning to sell my old iPhone 6 and ready to buy the iPhone 7 to take place.How to delete individual conversations and group chats permanently from my iPhone before selling it?”-Judy

WhatsApp is an instant messaging app that can send and receive messages, photos, videos, stickers, emoticons and all others straight on your phone with others. It’s like the usual SMS and MMS but the only difference is that it lets you send messages without text plan, instead it send messages by connecting to the internet or Wi-Fi.WhatsApp is free to download and use, making it a worldwide hit to many iPhone users.However,before you are giving up or selling your iPhone,you be better to remove the WhatsApp chat history(including the contacts,text,attachments) from your device without restoring.

Part 1: How to Erase Entire WhatsApp Chat History from iPhone

Step 1. Run WhatsApp app on your iPhone and go to Settings.

Step 2. Tap Chats and then select Clear All Chats.

Step 3. You will be required to enter WhatsApp number to accomplish your order. Confirm your action by taping on Delete All Chats. That’s it. All WhatsApp messages are removed permanently from your iPhone, but you can continue to participate in groups or individual conversation.

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Part 2: How to Delete WhatsApp Chat Content and SMS from iPhone Permanently

To complete the WhatsApp messages deleting task effectively,we want to introduce you the best iPhone data eraser software in the market – iOS Data Eraser-a practical feature of Dr.Fone iOS Data Recovery :iOS Private Data Eraser and iOS Full Data Eraser. It is an useful and perfect data eraser tool to delete WhatsApp messages,photos,videos,attachments from iPhone permanently.Expect the WhatsApp data,iOS Data Eraser enable to wipe various of data from iPhone without restoring,such as contacts,messages,photos,videos,call logs,notes,calendars,etc,.You can wipe iPhone data selectively or erase all data from iPhone at once.All iPhone models are supported,including iPhone 7,iPhone 6S/6,iPhone 5S/5C/5,iPad and iPod.

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Step 1.Launch iOS Data Eraser on Computer
Launch the program after you have successfully installed it and select “More Tools”.
WhatsApp data eraser

Choose “iOS Private Data Eraser” and then click “Start Scan” to begin scanning your device automatically and also show you the scan progress.

Step 2.Select the Data Type to Delete
Once the scanning is done in a few minutes, the program will list all of your private data on its screen. You can then select the option of “Messages” from the left hand side and then press on the button “Erase from the Device”.

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Step 3.Confirm the Erasing Process
The program will ask you to confirm now that you want all of the data in your messages deleted, so type in “delete” and click on the button “Erase now” once again.

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Once the data is deleted, you should see a screen in the picture given below.

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Now all your WhatsApp messages and attachments are removed completely from your iPhone without restoring.

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Part 3: How to Remove WhatsApp App on iPhone Permanently

With iPhone Data Eraser,you are able to remove WhatsApp app from iPhone permanently before selling it,as well as other iPhone apps,such as Viber,Kik,Line.iPhone Data Eraser is used to permanently erase everything safely as well as securely on an iPhone, iPad or an iPod. It prevents identity theft when selling your old device with 1 click “Clean Slate” privacy safeguard.It keeps you personal information safe and permanently removes it with iPhone Data Eraser before your dispose your old device.

Features of iPhone Data Eraser:
1.Permanently Erases Device -When you are recycling, trading or selling your iPhone, the 1-Click phone erase option can play the trick for you and delete everything permanently before passing on the device.
2.Clears Private Data & Free Up Space – Ensures that the data that is stored in your phone while browsing the web, using apps, sending messages, etc stays private. It will keep your private data safe, freeing the space.
3.Clean Junk File – 1-Click cleanup will perform all the optimal speeds by removing all the junk files and other unnecessary data.

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Step 1.Download iPhone Data Erser and Install it
After the installation, run iPhone Data Eraser on your Computer. Connect your iPhone via USB cable to your computer. After the device is detected, you will see main window pop up.In the pop up window, you will see the space information of your device along with other 5 features on the right.

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Step 2.Remove WhatsApp App from iPhone without Restoring
The first feature is 1-Click Cleanup. You just need to click on it and the scanning will begin on your device automatically.

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After the scanning is completed, you will see the total number of files displayed. Now you need to click the “Unused Apps” and tap on “CleanUp” for delete WhatsApp app from iPhone.

select WhatsApp app to delete

Make sure you keep your device connected while the scanning process completes, so that you ensure that the files are cleaned up totally.

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When you will be done with the cleanup, you will see that the window will appear as follows, displaying the space information of your device.

After this, you can either go back to Home page by clicking on “Home” or click on “Rescan” to scan your device once again.

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