Although the capabilities of mobile phones have increased over the years, storage space has always been a problem. Being the most used messaging app in the world, that's one of the reasons why it sells out so easily. Share it. application target Facilitates, among other means, communication between users for 15 years Share messages, photos, videos and other multimedia files, currently the maximum size limit is 2 GB. However, there is one drawback that many people encounter Here's how WhatsApp integrates this functionality with the mobile platform.
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Every time you receive a picture, video or document via WhatsApp, It will be automatically downloaded and displayed in the corresponding folder in your device's gallery. This usually results in accumulation Unwanted, duplicate or irrelevant filesFinding important files in the clutter is difficult.
App specifics don't help. Dispatch Memes and other files With no greater purpose than to communicate something at a given moment, it's an everyday occurrence and contributes to WhatsApp becoming a problem for mobile storage space.
To avoid this, a user can Disable automatic file upload, here we explain how. This way, one will be downloaded to your device You need to press it first. This alleviates but does not solve the problem of any file we browsed automatically going to the gallery.
WhatsApp has a solution for this problem, but it It is only available on Android, not so in the iOS version. The app allows you to disable this app and the files won't end up in the gallery. This doesn't mean they aren't saved, but they are Only available on WhatsAppThe chats and mobile gallery they are part of Since you've seen it once, it won't contain any content you need to save there.
To prevent files received through WhatsApp from appearing in your gallery, follow these steps:
opens Share it and tap the icon 3 vertical points.
Please choose systems Later on Chats.
Disable the option Media file visibility.
Note that changing this setting will only affect new media files downloaded after turning the feature on or off. Does not apply to older files. You can also disable this option if you prefer In specific chats Not for full use:
Open a Chat individual or group.
Tap the icon 3 vertical points.
Please choose See contact One Group information. An alternative is to tap the contact name or group subject.
Click on Media file visibilityAfter inside No And inside ok.
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