2023-07-21 16:40:35
The application allows you to manage the contents so as not to affect the phone’s memory. (Unsplash)
WhatsApp is one of the most used applications for sharing files such as audio, photos, videos, and documents, which means that it is one of the platforms that can consume the most storage memory on the phone.
Many users do not pay attention to this situation and their phones fill up faster than expected, despite not having many photos in the gallery or additional applications that can generate this memory consumption, because the real reason for the low space is in the Meta app and the configuration that each one has for it.
To solve this problem and not have to delete important photos or applications, WhatsApp has a simple solution for everyone to manage the files they have shared in their chats.
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Normally a chat is a space in which memes, family videos, audios and valuable documents are shared. All of this is saved to the phone, creating a copy that allows you to play the content, but leaving a file in memory that may never be used once more.
Over time the sum of all these files generates a large number, which will affect the possibilities of saving other content. To make it delete everything that is not needed, these are the steps to follow:
1. Open WhatsApp.
2. Go to Settings.
3. Go to the Storage and data section.
4. Choose the first option Manage storage.
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Upon reaching this section we will find a graph that will show the amount of space that the files stored in WhatsApp are occupying and the percentage with respect to the complete memory of the phone.
Then there is a section with the files that weigh more than 5 MB, that is, the largest, which are mostly videos and audios. And at the bottom there is a complete list of all the contacts with whom there has been a conversation and they are ordered according to the number of files that have been shared.
To start deleting all that content, you have to enter each profile and choose the files to delete. While the process can be long and cumbersome having to go into each contact and see what to delete, it’s a better way to clean up by knowing what’s been shared and looking at each file to understand whether or not it’s worth removing from your phone.
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To prevent the number of files that the application saves from being too large, the same platform offers options to manage downloads and that what is stored on the phone is what we really want.
Going to Settings> Storage and data we will find a section called Automatic download. In this section there are three tabs to order what we want to download once it is received in a chat, be it audio, video, photos and documents.
These options are customized according to the tastes of each user so that when receiving any of this content, the user has to accept the download and if they do not, the content will not be stored on the device.
This is recommended for groups, where files that are not of interest to us are often sent and accumulate unnecessarily in the phone’s memory.
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