How to deactivate automatic downloads of Photos and videos in WhatsApp

We often hear how you can clear WhatsApp cache, or delete photos and videos to gain storage space, etc. But a good measure that you can take is not to directly download the photos and videos of some chats that interest you less. Now we will see how you can disable automatic downloads of WhatsApp photos and videos.

Deactivating automatic downloads of photos and videos in WhatsApp…

You can change the automatic download settings for photos, videos, audio, and attachments in the Storage & data section of WhatsApp settings.

1. open WhatsApp on your phone.
2. Click on the tab Setting on the bottom.
3. Choose storage and data from the menu.
4. Under the menu automatic media downloadsets up Photos, audio, video y documents in the option of Neverto prevent those items from being downloaded by default.

You can quickly return these media and attachments to their default settings by tapping Reset automatic download settings. In the same way, you should know that voice messages will always be downloaded by default and are already configured in this way in WhatsApp.