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News India Live, Digital Desk: Does it often happen to you that as soon as you wake up in the morning, you check your phone and see that the gallery is filled with useless “Good Morning” photos and videos? We are all worried about this. Nowadays, WhatsApp is not just a medium for talking, but it has also become the biggest hub for exchanging photos, videos and documents.
But the trouble starts when photos start appearing in our friends or family groups and WhatsApp automatically downloads them and saves them in your phone gallery. outcome? Phone Storage Full and month’s Mobile Data Before time runs out!
If you are also struggling with this problem, then do not panic. Today we will give you such a Simple WhatsApp Setting We are going to tell you about it, through which you can control which photo will be downloaded and which will not.
Why is it important to turn off auto-download?
Imagine, you are out somewhere and on mobile data. Suddenly there were 10 high-quality videos in some group and your phone automatically downloaded them. Due to this, not only your valuable data will be lost, but the speed of the phone will also reduce. WhatsApp Auto-Download Feature By closing it, you can become the master of your own will. Only the photo you click on will be downloaded. Isn’t it a useful thing?
Step-by-Step: How to stop photos from being saved automatically on WhatsApp?
This process is very simple, whether you are an Android user or an iPhone user. Just follow these easy steps:
- Go to WhatsApp Settings: First of all open your WhatsApp. If you’re using Android, tap the three dots at the top right and select ‘Settings’. iPhone users tap on the ‘Settings’ gear icon in the bottom corner.
- Select Storage and Data: In the settings menu you ‘Storage and Data’ Option will appear. Click on it. This is where all the play happens.
- See Media Auto-Download section: Here you will find ‘Media auto-download’ written. Below this you will see three main options:
- When using mobile data: Click on it and remove the tick from Photos, Audio, Videos and Documents and click OK. With this, nothing will be downloaded automatically when the data is on.
- When connected on Wi-Fi: Often we think that if there is Wi-Fi then let everything be downloaded, but it fills the phone’s memory. It would be wise to uncheck all the boxes here too.
- When roaming: Keep this also unchecked so that there is no extra charge for roaming.
Bonus Tip: Turn off Media Visibility too
Sometimes we download files, but we do not want them to be on our Phone Gallery Show up and get the crowd going. For:
- Go to Settings > Chats.
- There ‘Media Visibility’ Option will appear, turn it off.
Now whatever media you see on WhatsApp, it will remain only inside WhatsApp and will not clutter your personal gallery.
