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There are no 2 opinions that WhatsApp will be found in almost every Android user's phone and today is one of the most used smartphone apps. In the last few years, this instant messaging platform has been developed. Not only the messages, the contacts, locations, documents, videos and photos are also shared on it.
Also, one thing related to this app harms other users that the data usage increases as well as increases the memory usage of the app. It will be enough to change some settings for WhatsApp app not to use the storage space of the phone. By default, the default WhatsApp app downloads videos and photos that are received in the chat. You can disable it if you wish.
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On Android
Open the WhatsApp.
Click on three dots made at top right corner.
Go to Settings and tap on Chat.
Toggle off by visiting Media Visibility here.
If you want these settings do not want to do this for all chats and some selective chats, these follow steps,
Open chat and click the three dots at the top right corner here.
Tap View Contact here and click on Media Visibility.
Next you will see the prompt, 'Show newly downloaded media from this chat in your phone's gallery?'
Select No Here
After this, WhatsApp will not automatically download the files and you can download whatever file you want to download, by tapping it. You will not be able to download photos and videos you get on group chats too.
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On iPhone
Open WhatsApp.
Go to Settings in the Bottom Right Corner.
Go to Chat here and Toggle Off by going to Save to camera roll.
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