Your WhatsApp is consuming more data. Thinking why your mobile data pack doesn’t last a month not even a week?
WhatsApp is at top of the free messaging app for smartphones. WhatsApp and Skype are most popular and widely used for personal and business contacts.
If you know the features of your smart phone/device use it more conveniently, control the use, save power and would be safe for you. Although WhatsApp is free app to send message and media to contacts, it requires data connection to be activated.
Configure auto download
By default media files are downloaded auto, you need to change it from settings. If you are in a group, you get messages and files every minute, definitely do not want to see dozen pictures of their dinner. Stop all these and download files which you like to see. Configure auto download from WhatsApp settings.
Steps to configure auto download in Android phone
Step 1: Open the WhatsApp application and tap three vertical dots to open more options in the main window.
Step 2: Then tap to Settings.
Step 3: Chats and calls.
Step 4: Media auto-download.
Step 5: Now you have three options to manage auto-download for media files. When using mobile data, When connected to Wi-Fi, and When roaming. Choose what you want to set. Here for mobile data tap to see the options.
Step 6: Select on checkbox if you want Images, Audio, Videos, and Documents to auto-download or un-check all (as you want) not to auto-download.
Do the same settings for When connected on Wi-Fi and When roaming.
iPhone
How to stop auto download media on iPhone?
Unfortunately, there is no way to stop WhatsApp from auto-downloading photos on your iPhone. Photos are saved automatically, it will ask you whether you want to download videos.
Step 1: Open WhatsApp and tap the button at the bottom right.
Step 2: Go to Chat Settings – Save incoming media – Off