How to Stop Auto Downloading and Saving of Pictures, Videos and Other Media on Whatsapp for Android. WhatsApp is used by all most all age group people worldwide. In fact, it is probably one of the first apps anyone in India downloads when they get a new smartphone as it has become the default means of texting in the country. However, it can become an annoyance too when it downloads all the media files automatically, from pictures to videos to, more recently, GIFs, not to mention audio files and videos. These not only clutter your phone's gallery and music player, but also eat up a lot of storage and data. Here's how you can stop WhatsApp from automatically saving photos and audio on your phone.
That's it. Now onwards No media will be auto download without your permission.
If you want To view photos, you will have to download them particularly.
How to Stop Auto Downloading and Saving of Pictures, Videos and Other Media on Whatsapp for Android
- Open WhatsApp, make sure you are seeing the main window - where all your chats are displayed.
- Tap the three vertical dots on the top right
- Next tap Settings.
- Now tap Data and storage usage
- Next tap Media auto-download.
- You'll see three options: 1. When using cellular data, 2. When connected on Wi-Fi and 3. When roaming.
- Tap each one and disable auto-downloads by un-checking all three options - Images, Audio and Video.
If you want To view photos, you will have to download them particularly.