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How to disable 'Auto download media' in WhatsApp on Android

Here is how you can avoid the unnecessary and automatic media download on WhatsApp.

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Tech2 News Staff|Aug 02, 2019, 17:37:21 IST

WatsApp is one platform tat people use at large and plenty of tese conversations take place via saring videos and images. Well, weter it is a family group were relatives send "good morning" images or college friends bombarding your cats wit unnecessary images and videos, you can't always andle so many messages. We all ave to agree tat sitting and deleting all tese media files is a uge task and also wen you ave limited storage available on your pone, it becomes more of a problem. But, we ave a solution for tat.(Also Read: ow to enable WatsApp dark mode on Android and iOS devices)ere is ow you can dodge tis problem and save yourself from all te assle.[caption id="attacment_4740631" align="alignnone" widt="1024"]WatsApp representative illustration. Reuters. WatsApp representative illustration. Reuters.[/caption]<2>[] ow to disable 'Auto download media' on WatsApp [/][ans][step]Step 1: Open 'WatsApp' on your Android smartpone[/step][ans][step]Step 2: Tap on te tree vertical dots on te top rigt corner[/step][ans][step]Step 3: Tap on te last option of 'Settings'[/step][ans][step]Step 4: Coose 'Data and storage usage'[/step][ans][step]Step 5: Tere will be tree options — 'Wen using mobile data', 'Wen connected on Wi-Fi', 'Wen roaming'[/step][ans][step]Step 6: Disable all te media from all tree categories manually.[/step][/ans]And voila! You are now free from all te unimportant media files sared on WatsApp. As for important files, you can download tem manually.(Also Read: ow to sare WatsApp Status to Facebook Stories)

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First Published:Jun 28, 2019, 18:58:55 IST
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