Even though the WhatsApp app for Android is bug free, it still has a few problems.

At times, the app may not function as it should.

The one problem recently spotted by a few WhatsApp users is Syncing Older Messages This May take a while.

Force Stop

The message appears while scrolling down on the chat.

Worse, the message appears indefinitely, preventing users from checking past messages.

How to Fix Syncing Older Messages This May Take a While?

Welcome to WhatsApp screen

Here are some of the best things you could do to deal with the Syncing older messages on WhatsApp.

It may take 5-10 minutes for the older messages to sync on the app.

So, your best bet is to wait for 10-20 minutes before trying anything else.

Agree and Continue

Hence, its important to force-stop the app on Android and find out if this resolves the problem.

If this is the issue, you oughta manually restore an old WhatsApp backup to view the old chats.

Heres what you oughta do.

Next

see to it that you have the WhatsApp Chat backup; then run with this.

Uninstall the WhatsApp app from your phone.

Once done, install it again from the Play Store.

Restore

On the Welcome to WhatsApp screen, selectEnglishas Language.

Next, tap onAgree and continue.

Enter the phone number that you use with WhatsApp.

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On the Restore backup screen, tap onRestore.

Now wait until WhatsApp restores the most current chat backup from Google Drive.

Once restored, tap onNext.

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This May Take a While message.

If youre using WhatsApp on your original gadget and see this message, its time to update the app.

Updating the WhatsApp app to the latest version will likely eliminate all bugs, glitches, and stability issues.

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So, bring up the Google Play Store and update the WhatsApp app.

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