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WhatsApp: how to prevent photos and videos from being saved on the cell phone

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Although WhatsApp It has become a fundamental part of everyday life for a large number of people. there are some “buts” that they do not end up liking. For example, the one that photos and videos are downloaded automatically, because this ends filling memory space of the cell phone. But today we will tell you how to avoid this.

whether you have a contact that sends you countless multimedia messages or, you are in a group in which the constant is that share memesthis trick will help you save the internal memory from your cell phone.

with the steps that we will share with you will prevent the media content of WhatsApp is stored automatically, so it will depend only on you whether you decide to download it or not.

How to prevent photos and videos from being stored on your cell phone?

  • The first thing you should check is if your WhatsApp on Android or iPhone is fully up to date.
  • Then enter the application and go to the “Settings” section to later look for the “Chats” option.
  • Then turn off the “Media files visibility” tab and go back to the main menu and go to “Storage and data”.
  • Now look for the “Automatic download” section and deactivate the option of downloading photos and videos with mobile data or Wi-Fi.
  • It is important to mention that if you want, you can re-activate this option manually.
  • On the other hand, if you don’t want to receive documents or audio files on WhatsApp either, you just have to deactivate the boxes following the same steps so that you stop receiving them.
  • This option will allow you to download the files manually and thus ensure that you are selective in what you download to your device.


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