'Leaving WhatsApp MultiDevice Beta without purging of old messages
I'm not sure if stackoverflow is the best community to post this question, but it isn't clear if an appropriate community exists.
Some time ago I've joined the Multi-Device Beta Test feature on WhatsApp. Unfortunately, I've discovered several limitations, and the biggest one - being unable to access some older messages from Desktop anymore. For me it just says 'Use WhatsApp on your phone to see older chat messages'.
I still have the option of leaving the beta, and even though it will gradually be rolled out to all users, I would be very happy to use the older version for a little longer: this way I'll be able to back up my older messages.
My question is: if I leave the beta, what happens to my older messages (those that I can access only from my phone now), as well as messages received after enrolling in the beta? Will they stay intact? As far as I understand, the older messages are stored only on my phone now, whereas newer messages are stored on Meta's servers. Will the older and newer messages be merged somehow, after I leave the beta?
Has anyone done this before and what were the findings?
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