Tired of 'storage full' alerts? Here's how to stop WhatsApp from auto-saving media

On your smartphone, how many times have you received this notification? "Your Phone Storage is full" --- This often occurs when an application has cached files, unnecessary data, and auto-downloaded media. This might cause speed problems and make it impossible to install a new program. This can occasionally be annoying. You don't need to worry any longer since we're here to assist you clear up your gallery of unnecessary material and free up storage space.

Numerous features are available on WhatsApp to improve user experience and facilitate conversation. One of these is that downloaded media assets, including documents, movies, and photos, are automatically stored in the Gallery on your phone. Although this is beneficial, it often leads to unintended turmoil, particularly because not all of the received media assets are valuable.

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Notably, you might not be able to send or receive messages if you don't have enough storage. But how can this problem be resolved? Well, users may prevent undesired media files from being automatically stored to the Gallery on their phone, either for all chats or just certain talks, owing to the platform's settings.

We've included some simple instructions below for turning off auto-download media files in order to conserve space. Look at this:

• Open WhatsApp on your device
• To access More Options, tap the three-dot menu in the upper right corner.
• From the menu that drops down, select Settings.
• Visit Chats
• Turn off the option for media visibility. Turn off the Save to Photos feature if you have an iPhone.
• Any newly downloaded media files will no longer show up in your phone's gallery when media visibility is off. Media files downloaded before the modification will not be impacted by this setting.

Additionally, you may choose which group or discussion you don't want extraneous media assets preserved in your gallery. Users will have to manually download any material they wish to store after turning off the auto-download feature.

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