Messaging apps like WhatsApp are great for sharing photos and videos taken with your phone. However, not all photos and videos need to be automatically downloaded to your camera roll. If everything downloads automatically, your camera roll will quickly become cluttered and you’ll spend a lot of time deleting photos and videos. How to stop WhatsApp from saving photos and videos? As always, the answer is in the settings.
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Quick answer
To stop WhatsApp from saving photos and videos, go to a contact and tap their name at the top of the screen. Scroll down until you see Save to Camera Roll.. Tap on it and you will see three options. Default (on), alwaysAnd Never. Choose what you want. Unfortunately, you have to do this for every contact. There is no blanket setup for everyone.
How to save photos and videos on WhatsApp
For some inexplicable reason, WhatsApp doesn’t have a button to turn it on and off to download media. Instead, you must do this for each contact individually.
On Android or iOS, select the contact whose media downloads you want to change and tap their name at the top of the screen.
Scroll down until you see Save to Camera Roll.. Tap on it to select it.
Now you have three options. By default (on), always, And Never. Choose what you want.
now, Basic Is OnBecause media download is available to everyone in my WhatsApp contact list. However, if the majority of these connections have changed since then. Neverthen Basic will be changed. turn off.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I disable automatic media download for some contacts, but not others?
Yes. This should be integrated on a per-contact basis. Unfortunately, you can’t change a setting for everyone at the same time.
Can I disable automatic media downloads on my desktop and web apps?
no. However, the desktop and web apps do not download media to your computer by default.