You can use the existing key and msgstore files in the repo for testing. Run using GO: go run crypt12-decrypt. Or run Windows executable: crypt12-decrypt.exe. Otherwise use the necessery arguments: go run crypt12-decrypt.go -h. Decrypting MSGSTORE.DB.CRYPT12 Files: A Step-by-Step Guide to Open and Access | If you use WhatsApp, you might have heard about MSGSTORE.DB.CRYPT12 Hold on to a file, tick all files but msgstore.db.crypt12, select Delete, tap msgstore.db.crypt12 in the popped up message if you have chosen correctly. Get your chats back. Open WhatsApp, select AGREE AND CONTINUE, enter your phone number, the verification code, and tap RESTORE. The process will finish in several minutes. by TECH BY DEEPANSHU. What is msgstore.db.crypt? | Whatsapp Database Files | How to Delete and make space in Android |how to recover whatsapp Images And files | whatsapp pe backu Method 1. (For Rooted Devices) Decrypt WhatsApp Database crypt12 without Key on PC. Whatsapp encrypts all data into .crypt5/7/8/12 format. But on a rooted Android phone, you can easily decrypt and read these encrypt messages with Whatsapp Viewer. Find your WhatsApp message backup file i.e. msgstore.db.crypt12 from Device Storage/WhatsApp/Database. How to get key to decrypt msgstore.db.crypt12 database in Whatsapp in non-root Android? Ask Question. Asked 2 years, 8 months ago. Modified 2 years, 3 months ago. Viewed 1k times. 2. I want to decrypt msgstore.db.crypt12 in my non-rooted android phone. I tried multiple steps using adb but nothing worked. run-as com.whatsapp adb backup com.whatsapp. msgstore.db - decrypted sqlite3 database file. Below is how you can compile and run the Java program. $ git clone $ cd whatsapp-crypt12/ $ javac -classpath "lib/whatsapp_spongycastle.jar:." If you want to restore a less recent backup, rename the backup file you wish to restore from msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt12 to msgstore.db.crypt12 before reinstalling WhatsApp. Also, make sure you rename or delete the original msgstore.db.crypt12 file. msgstore.db.crypt12 is the file with the latest WhatsApp chat backup. This is the file used for automatic chat and contact recovery after reinstallation of WhatsApp. msgstore-2016-11-08.1.db.crypt12 is a backup copy of the application's chats for a certain date which is given in the file name. If at some point you need to re-install WhatsApp, the app will restore your messages and data from these backup files. Now coming to the list of databases that you see, notice the date in each of the database files, except the first. Every night when a new backup is generated, it is saved as msgstore.db.crypt12. J9amy.