What filename does Wikipedia cite for WhatsApp's SQLite chat database?

Wikipedia cites “msgstore.db” as the filename of WhatsApp’s SQLite chat database.

SQLite is a compact, self-contained database engine designed to store structured information inside a single file. In older Android WhatsApp installations, the app stored an encrypted or otherwise protected copy of chat data in a database file named msgstore.db. Related backup files could use additional naming conventions, dates, or encryption suffixes.

The filename is easy to confuse with a generic label such as messages.db or chatlog.db, but those are not the filename identified in the cited WhatsApp description. “Msgstore” reflects the idea of a message store, while “.db” indicates a database file rather than a readable text transcript.

The database should not be treated as an ordinary export of someone’s conversations. WhatsApp has changed its storage, encryption, backup, and multi-device systems over time, and current installations may organize local data differently. End-to-end encryption protects messages in transit, while local backups and device files involve separate security considerations.