{"id":2009,"date":"2020-09-13T22:22:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guidegeekz.com\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2020-09-13T22:22:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T16:52:18","slug":"stop-saving-whatsapp-media-to-phones-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidegeekz.com\/stop-saving-whatsapp-media-to-phones-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Saving WhatsApp Media to Phone’s Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging app in the world where billions of people share images and videos with their friends, relatives, colleagues, and loved ones. Once you receive and downloaded these media files from a contact in WhatsApp, it’s automatically saved to your phone’s storage. Most of the media files received are not worthy of keeping to the gallery. That’s why you should use the below settings to Stop Saving WhatsApp Media to Phone’s Gallery<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

These WhatsApp media maybe be confidential, and anyone with access to your gallery can see that. These WhatsApp media not only clutter your phone’s gallery but also eat up a lot of storage. Luckily, there’s an option available to de-clutter your phone and stop WhatsApp to save images and videos to the gallery automatically.<\/p>\n

How to Stop Saving WhatsApp Media to Phone’s Gallery<\/h2>\n

There are multiple ways to hide WhatsApp media from the phone gallery automatically. As a solution, you need to deactivate the “Show media gallery” under Media visibility. After that, any new media file will be blocked and showing up in the gallery. You can still be able to view them from the WhatsApp threads<\/a> that they were received.<\/p>\n

Stop all WhatsApp media from appearing in the gallery<\/h3>\n

With this method you can stop all WhatsApp photos & videos from appearing in the phone’s gallery app. Your media files will not show up in the gallery, but it will still be accessible within WhatsApp. Check the below steps to stop all WhatsApp media from appearing in the gallery.<\/p>\n

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  1. Open WhatsApp<\/strong> on your phone.<\/li>\n
  2. Click on menu options (three-dot in the top right)<\/li>\n
  3. Tap on Settings<\/strong> and click on chat.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Disable the toggle in front of\u00a0Media Visibility<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  5. Once disabled, your newly downloaded media will not be showing in the phone’s gallery.