Too many WhatsApp images, videos making your phone slow and full? Here is a fix

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WhatsApp has over 1 billion daily active users today. The increasing popularity of the chat app has made it synonymous to the messaging. SMS sounds old and obsolete now. These days SMS box is opened only to view OTPs, telecom’s promotional messages and your bank transaction details.

WhatsApp has become an indispensible part of our lives. The app has made it fast and easier to stay connected with our friends.

However, it can be little annoying at times when the chat app automatically download all those stupid memes, audio files, videos and photos. This not just makes the phone’s gallery look like a complete mess, it also eats up you mobile data. Here is a fix to this to this problem.

For Android phones:
If you are an Android user, open your WhatsApp, go to Settings>Data and storage usage>Media auto download. Now uncheck all the three boxes under the Media auto download- when using mobile data, when connected on Wifi and when roaming.

For iPhones:
iPhone users can also de-clutter their phone from annoying audio file, videos and photos. Open WhatsApp>Settings>Data and storage usage.

Now check the Never box for photos, videos, audio and documents.