How to Free Up Storage Used by WhatsApp Messenger, Are you troubled due to low storage on your smartphone due to WhatsApp, get rid of it like this

Facebook’s instant messaging app WhatsApp is a very popular smartphone app. Most of us must be using WhatsApp on our Android and iPhone every day. WhatsApp has evolved a lot in the last few years, now not only messages but also contacts, location, documents, photos and videos etc. can be shared on this messaging platform. Do you know that by default the photos and videos you get on WhatsApp are downloaded automatically, due to which your phone’s storage starts filling up quickly.

If you want to avoid this problem, then you will have to make some changes in the settings. Now let us tell you how you can save WhatsApp media files from being saved in the phone gallery or say from reducing the phone storage in your Android and iPhone.

For Android users

1) First of all open the WhatsApp app.
2) After this click on the three dots visible on the right side.
3) Here you will get the option of Settings.
4) After clicking on Settings, click on Chats.
5) Turn off Media Visibility.

If you want to set up a selected chat then follow these steps

1) First of all open WhatsApp.
2) After this, click on the chat for which you want to do this setting.
3) Now go to the three dot menu visible on the right side.
4) Here you will get the option of View Contact, click on it.
5) After this you will see the option of Media Visibility, click on it.
6) After clicking, you will get three options – Default (Yes), Yes and No.

After changing the above settings, WhatsApp will not automatically download media files.

For iPhone users

1) First of all open WhatsApp.
2) Click on the Settings option visible at the bottom right.
3) After this go to chats.
4) After clicking on chats, you will get the option of Save to camera roll, turn it off.