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https://hear-me.social/ap/users/116280023545064493 posted on Apr 6, 2026 14:18

@casualconversation this is regarding using WhatsApp wisely. It doesn't matter whether you're for WhatsApp or against. But as a user myself, l need to know how to prevent whatsapp messages from eating up a significant amount of storage space in my limited phone memory.

Any insightful suggestion please ??๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™

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https://piefed.social/u/HuudaHarkiten posted on Apr 6, 2026 14:24
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My dad was complaining about the storage space being full on his phone so I checked it. Turns out Whatsapp saves every single photo and video to your device. There should be a setting that makes it so that it downloads only if you choose so. Enable that setting and then delete all the pics and videos downloaded via Whatsapp.

Truly a garbage app. Annoying as hell, when it comes to storage.

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https://mander.xyz/u/Mothra posted on Apr 6, 2026 14:30
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Indeed, there is an option in the settings that will not download any media unless you authorize it. It also creates its own media gallery, which you can periodically delete photos from. In this regard itโ€™s not much different from other messaging apps, but yeah absolutely tick that permission off. If you use it for work in group chats you are probably getting flooded with work related photos that arenโ€™t even addressed to you, as it happened to me.

Another one you may find useful is removing the automatic backups to cloud. They pretty much brick your phone at 2am or whenever the hell it chooses to do it.

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