Unfortunately, the death of a person can be unexpected. However, not everyone wonders what happens to our personal accounts after we die. In whose hands is it? In this note, we will try to answer all the possible scenarios of what will happen to your WhatsApp account in case of death.
Facebook, for example, offers to remember our loved ones. Indicating in your profile that the person is deceased, but allowing his friends in the platform can comment and react to your activity. In the case of WhatsApp, almost the opposite happens.
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The most common thing is that in the Meta application the number of the deceased person is completely deregistered after 120 days of inactivity. However, the local backup on the mobile device it will still be there, so messages and files from the app could be retrieved before a new number is registered.
Faced with these assumptions, there are two scenarios that we will present below.
How to keep WhatsApp account active
If you want to keep the WhatsApp account of a family member or friend who has left this world active, for whatever reason, the solution is easy: someone will have to connect at least once every four months to prevent this from being automatically deleted. Although it is not necessary to be available at all times, it is worth mentioning that there is also the task of making sure that the SIM is still active.
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How to delete account early
There is the alternative of canceling the account of a deceased person before the four months of inactivity have expired. For this, you have two options:
- Enter the Settings of the application, go to the section Bill and select the option Delete account. Remember that this mode is irreversible.
- If you do not have access to the account, then you will need to contact WhatsApp technical support to do the management for you. You can do this by writing to support@whatsapp.com.
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WhatsApp tricks
Recover an accidentally deleted conversation
If for some reason you deleted a conversation of whatsapp with photos and videos very important, then you have to know that there is a very simple trick that will allow you to recover them. Next, we are going to show you how.
The trick secret, which few people know, only works if the WhatsApp user made a backup of the application instant messaging. If you meet this requirement, do not hesitate to review this video for more details.