If I did not turn on the wifi and mobile data of my phone for a few months (let's say 5 months), which means my WhatsApp has been inactive for 5 months, but my number is still active (I am still using standard provider calls and sms), will my WhatsApp account be automatically deleted by WhatsApp server?
If lets say after 5 months I reconnect to the internet and access my WhatsApp, will I get all the messages that were sent to me during those inactive 5 months?
If I did not get all the messages, does that mean the sender of the messages will always see 1 tick?
Best Answer
The messages are kept on the server for around 30 days, and after around half a year you're removed from your groups.
My brother was abroad for half a year, and since he didn't had internet most of the time he deleted whatsapp from his phone at that time.
When he installed whatsapp after a bit more than half a year, he was removed from all of his groups.
Note: If you don't have internet for lets say a few days, and then you connect and want to receive all the messages from your groups - the messages and media would probably be out of order, and you won't be able to understand what was going on...
I had that problem after a week abroad without internet - when I came back all the messages in my groups were disorganized and incoherent.
I know it's been a lot of time since the question was asked, but it can still be useful