Do WhatsApp Statuses Come Back After a Backup Restore?

No — statuses don't come back after a WhatsApp backup restore. WhatsApp's backup holds your chats and chat media, not the temporary .Statuses folder, so you'll only see statuses posted from now on. Statuses you saved survive only if your saved copies were backed up or moved to the new phone.

What a backup contains#

WhatsApp's Google Drive (or local) backup holds your chats and chat media. It doesn't include the .Statuses folder — statuses are temporary by nature, and backing them up would defeat the point.

So after a restore:

• Your chats are back.
• Statuses from contacts start fresh — you'll see whatever is posted from now on.
• Statuses you saved are only there if your saved copies were moved too.

Your saved statuses#

Statuses saved with Status Saver are normal files in Download/MobileByteSensei/WhatsappStatuses. They're not part of WhatsApp's backup either. Keep them by:

• letting Google Photos back up the folder (how), or
• copying the folder to the new phone, or a computer, before the reset — see moving saved statuses to a new phone.

After restoring#

1. Open WhatsApp and let it finish restoring.
2. Open Status Saver and grant the statuses folder again — the restore recreates it, so the old permission no longer applies. How.
3. Watch a status to confirm everything works. If the list looks stale, see why a saver shows old statuses; if statuses won't load in WhatsApp at all, what to check.