WhatsApp takes up more than 100 MB, but because of all the text, photos and videos it rises quickly. These iPhone tips release space again.
iPhone tips: free space from WhatsApp again
You may not be aware of it, but because of all the messages, photos and videos you WhatsApp receives a lot of storage space. Take a look at Institutions>Generally>iPhone storage. There is a good chance that it is whatsapp that occupies the most storage space.
That is why we show you in these iPhone tips how you can easily release part of that space again. Before you start, make sure that whatsapp is completely up-to-date. To check that, open the App Store and look up WhatsApp. See a button with ‘To update‘Then you must first update the app. Otherwise it says’Open‘On the button.
1. Free up storage space of WhatsApp
The fastest and easiest way to release WhatsApp space is to remove large files. You do that as follows:
- Open WhatsApp;
- Tap ‘Settings’ at the bottom right;
- Choose ‘Storage and Data’ and then tap ‘Management storage’;
- Behind ‘larger than 5 MB’ you tap the number of GB that is indicated;
- Tap ‘Select’ at the top right;
- Check everything you want to delete and tap the trash bottom right;
- Tap ‘Remove items’
You can do the same with the items that under ‘Often forwarded‘ to stand. And if you scroll a little further, you can see which chats take up how much storage space. This way you can also select and remove items per chat.
2. Do not automatically save photos and videos in photos
Chances are that you will also find all the photos and videos that you receive via WhatsApp in the photos app. If so, then they are actually stored in two places: in WhatsApp and in photos. Although that can sometimes be useful, it is of course not recommended in terms of storage space. Therefore make sure that they are no longer stored automatically. You can easily set that in the following way:
- Open WhatsApp;
- Tap ‘Settings’ at the bottom right;
- Tap ‘chats’;
- Turn off the switch behind ‘Save in photos’.
3. Automatically delete messages
There are undoubtedly chats that you would like to keep for eternity, but that will certainly not apply to all chats. What you can do to limit the amount of storage space taken by WhatsApp is to set the function ‘Disappearing chat messages. ‘ You do it like this:
- Open WhatsApp;
- Tap ‘Settings’ at the bottom right;
- Choose ‘Storage and Data’ and then tap ‘Management storage’;
- Tap ‘disappearing chat messages’;
- Set a ‘standard timer for messages’ now;
- Choose from ’24 hours ‘,’ 7 days ‘, ’90 days’ or ‘OFF’.
- You choose the desired chats via ‘Timer Timer on chats’.
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