Tuesday 29 January 2019

WhatsApp: How to Stop Auto Saving of photos on Android Phone


WhatsApp downloads automatically photos lot of users complain this is annoyance, usage of data and storage.

WhatsApp is regularly used by 1.5 billion people arround the world. Popular chat platform is incredibly successful it allows poctures, videos and even files to be send for free. But the drawbacks as the app downloads automatically media to your phone.

How to stop WhatsApp saving photos on Android:

Open WhatsApp application and go to the where chats are shown.

Then select Settings, the three vertical dots on the top right hand side.

Head to Media Auto Download where you will encounter three options. When using cellular data, when connect on Wifi and when roaming.

Disable auto downloads by unchecking all three options images, Audio and Videos.

You will have to download photos sent via WhatsApp to view them.

WhatsApp saves this media in a folder found in your phone Gallery.
However it is possible to stop these photos from appearing here.
Download and open the Quickpic app then nevigate to the WhatsApp media folder.

WhatsApp folder is typically found in internal storage sometimes labbeled sdcard0.

Long press the WhatsApp images folder to select it and do the same with WhatsApp Video and WhatsApp Audio folders.

All three folder are selected tap the three dots icon on the top right to Hide it.

How to stop WhatsApp saving photos on Apple iOs:

Open WhatsApp and select the Settings button in the buttom right corner, select Data and Storage Usage.

This menu will prominently present the Media Auto Download option.
For Photos, Audio, Video and Documents select Never Option.

Now only files you choose to download manually will appeR on your phone.

WhatsApp media can additionally be prevented from appearing on iPhone Camera Roll.

Simply visit Chats in the Stting Menu, open the save to Camera Roll Menu, and turn it off.
This settings will stop media sending via WhatsApp from appearing up in the Apple iPhone Camera Roll and taking over your synced Photo Stream.

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