The WhatsApp messaging app saves all photos in your devices by default. As a result, WhatsApp photos eat up your device storage space & data balance. If you want to stop this, we are here for you. This article will guide you on how to stop WhatsApp from saving photos on an Android or iPhone.
Why Are Whatsapp Photos Saving to My Phone?
WhatsApp saves all photos to your phone so you don’t miss any crucial or casual pictures sent by your WhatsApp contacts. By default, WhatsApp saves two copies of a single photo – one in your chat inbox and the other in your phone’s gallery.
WhatsApp turns on the “Media visibility” & “Media Auto-download” options by default. You can turn them off if you don’t want WhatsApp photos to occupy an unnecessary size of your phone’s storage.
How to Stop Whatsapp From saving Photos To iPhone Camera Roll
The steps to stop the Whatsapp automatic photo-saving process in an iphone are straightforward. You can even choose not to save photos for a specific or all WhatsApp contact.
It’s the best way to stop a friend from spamming your inbox with irrelevant photos. Here are two methods to stop WhatsApp from saving photos to the iPhone camera roll.
Steps to stop saving photos from all WhatsApp chats & groups.
- Open the WhatsApp app on your iPhone.
- Tap on “Settings” from the bottom-right end.
- Select “Chats.”
- Turn off the option “Save to Camera Roll.”
Steps to stop saving photos from an individual Whatsapp user.
- Open WhatsApp.
- Open the chat of a contact whose images you don’t want to save.
- Tap the WhatsApp user’s name at the top to open the chat info.
- Tap on “Save to Camera Roll.”
- Select “Never.”
How to Stop Whatsapp From Saving Photos to Android Gallery
Like iPhone, WhatsApp allows you to stop saving photos from WhatsApp groups or individual contacts to your Android gallery. This feature applies to the new photos while the old ones still remain in your gallery. Here are two methods to stop WhatsApp from saving photos to the Android gallery.
Steps to stop saving photos from all WhatsApp chats & groups.
- Open WhatsApp.
- Tap on the “three dots vertical” icon at the top-right corner.
- Tap on “Settings” & then “Chats.”
- Disable the “Media visibility” option under the “Chat Settings.”
Steps to stop saving photos from an individual Whatsapp user.
- Open the chat inbox of a WhatsApp group or an individual user.
- Tap on the user’s or group name.
- Tap on the “Media visibility” option & select “No.”
How Do I Stop Whatsapp From Automatically Downloading Any Media on iPhone
You can adjust WhatsApp Settings to stop downloading new media, including photos, videos, documents & audio, on your iPhone automatically over Wi-Fi & cellular data. This step will save your internet data & iPhone storage.
You can turn off the media auto-download Settings on an iPhone using the below steps.
- Open the WhatsApp app on your iPhone.
- Tap on the “Settings” tab from the bottom-right corner.
- Tap on the “Storage and Data.”
- In the “Media Auto – download” tab, you will see different media options – Photos, audio, videos & documents. Turn off the desired media.
- The chosen media won’t download on your iPhone.
Conclusion
You can save significant storage space in your phone using the above solutions. You must tap the download option to view any photo or other media file once you turn off the WhatsApp auto-download & Media visibility options.
