How to Turn Off Automatic Media Downloads on WhatsApp
It is annoying when media on WhatsApp, such as photos, videos, audio, documents, and large files are downloaded automatically. Meanwhile, the quota we have is very limited. Originally it was enough for a week’s use, but as a result of this the data plan only lasted less than what we were targeting.
By setting or disabling auto download media on WA, of course this will make the quota last longer and the storage we have can be more spacious.
This is because if a friend of yours or a member of the chat group that you have sends a file, be it a photo, video, audio or document, before we can see the file that was sent, we need to click and download it first until it’s finished, then we can open it. the file and view it. But it’s different when all of these media settings are activated, when the cellphone is connected to an internet connection, all media will be downloaded automatically.
For users who have a lot of quota, and a good cell phone, it’s not a problem, OK? But for cellphones that have limited specifications, it can cause cellphones that are owned to slow down due to too tight storage.
Actually, the WhatsApp application itself has a useful feature to set which types of media will be downloaded automatically when the cellphone is connected to an internet connection. But maybe there are still many who don’t know how to turn off automatic media downloads on WhatsApp.
Therefore, on this occasion, Davar Pedia will share the tutorial with friends. You can see more details as follows.
How to Set Media to Download Automatically on WhatsApp
1. First, please open the WhatsApp application first, then on the first page of the Chat menu, tap the option More or Three Dots Icon located in the upper right corner of the screen.
2. Then select the menu Settingsthen enter the menu Data and Storage
3. In this section of the menu, we can see data and storage usage. As well as setting up any media that will be downloaded automatically when cellular data or Wi-Fi is activated. You can set it according to your needs. For example, on the cellphone that the admin has, we set only photo files to be downloaded automatically when using cellular data. Meanwhile, when the cellphone is connected to Wi-Fi, we activate all types of media, from photos, videos, audio, and documents. If so, please click OK.
4. DONE.
So that’s the tutorial on how to turn off media downloads and set the file types to be downloaded automatically. If there are things that are not clear, friends can convey them in the comments column below.