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Download images and videos received in WhatsApp only via WiFi. This way you have control over your data usage.
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Always fun; receive a WhatsApp message with a photo. If you do this via WiFi, then there is nothing to worry about. After all, you do not pay per MB. This is different if you are online on a data plan. The subscription is valid for a certain number of MBs per month. Photos and videos take up quite a lot of MBs. Save MBs? Then set WhatsApp to automatically download photos only when you’re online via a Wi-Fi connection.
Turn off automatic download (iOS)
- Open WhatsApp.
- Tap on Institutions.
- Tap on Data and storage usage.
- Tap on photos > Wi-Fi to download images only when you have wifi.
- Tap at the top left Previous.
- Tap on Video > Wi-Fi to download videos only with wifi.
- Tap at the top left Previous.
- Optionally tap audio or Documents and, in the same way, determine whether these files should be downloaded automatically.
Turn off automatic download (Android)
- Tap on whatsapp.
- Make sure you are not in a chat conversation.
- Tap the three dots at the top right > Institutions.
- Tap on Data and storage usage.
- Under the heading ‘Download media automatically’, tap When using mobile network.
- Uncheck the media you don’t want to download through your cellular plan.
- Tap on OK.