A NIFTY WhatsApp tip can help quickly free up storage on your phone and you don’t have to delete messages.
It can be a pain and time consuming to go through messages and delete all the things you no longer need but there is a way to speed things up.
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A WhatsApp user can delete all the message, photos, videos, GIFs, contacts, locations, voice message, documents and stickers all contained in one chat, picking and choosing what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.
You can simply delete the messages you don’t want to keep but keep everything else, such as photos or documents.
For iOS and Android users the process is the same:
Settings > Storage and Data > Manage Storage > Select Contact > Manage > Select
Then tick the relevant boxes next to what you want to delete.
Tap on the bin and they’re gone.
You can also sort by which files are taking up the most room, the newest or the oldest by tapping the circle in the bottom left corner after you tap on the contact.
Users can also quickly review and manage what is eating up your storage on your device.
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As shown above you can see which chats are using up the most storage but you can also see which files are larger than 5MB and which files have been forwarded on multiple times.
Once again, the process is the same for iOS and Android users.
Settings > Storage and Data > Manage Storage.
In the Review and Delete Items section you can click on either the larger than 5MB tab or the forwarded multiple times tab and then select the ones you want to delete.
They can also be sorted by tapping on the circle in the bottom left corner.
The tips come after tech sleuths found a sneaky hidden trick that can help you reduce your usage when using the app.
Users can alter their settings to only download media when you are connected to the internet by Wi-Fi.
This means silly memes and pics from your pals won’t guzzle your data allowance on a regular basis.
All you have to do is head to the ‘Settings’ section on WhatsApp before opening up the ‘Storage and Data’ tab.
You will then be able to see a list of media’s enabled for auto-download and what kind of connection they rely on.
Simply switch each option – such as photos, audio and video – to Wi-Fi only, which stop you from wasting data.
You can also keep an eye on how much data you are consuming by looking at the ‘Network Usage’ tab on the app.
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