There are a few ways that you can prevent WhatsApp messages from being backed up on your phone.
If you don’t want WhatsApp messages to be backed up on your Android phone, you can go to Settings Backup and reset and uncheck the “Back up my data” option.
If you don’t want WhatsApp messages to be backed up on your iPhone, you can go to Settings iCloudStorage Manage Storage and select WhatsApp from the list of apps. Then, toggle …