How to free the memory occupied by WhatsApp on iPhone? WhatsApp is one of the most used instant messaging apps; it is used to exchange not only texts but also photos and various multimedia files, with the risk of sometimes forgetting to delete even “heavy” elements, unnecessarily occupying the storage space.
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WhatsApp chats (including multimedia files) are stored locally (on the device) and not on the server (it is possible to perform periodic backups on the cloud but that’s another story). You can reclaim storage space by deleting GIF files, videos, photos, and other items to reclaim space. Below we explain how to proceed.
How to free up storage space on WhatsApp?
- Open WhatsApp
- Tap on “Settings”
- Select “Space and data”
- Select “Manage Space”
You will see three sections: “Over 5MB” at the top, “Submitted many times” in the center and “CHAT” at the bottom. You can directly select and delete the largest ones, by selecting the desired elements, or select the chats, ordered according to the space occupied by the elements present in each of these, select and delete the various chat elements by chat.
After selecting a chat, by default the list of items that take up the most space is shown; by tapping the icon at the bottom, you can sort the list by choosing between “Most recent”, “Older” or “Largest”.
You can delete all items (just tap “Select all” to delete all items at once) or delete individual items (just tap and hold the item you want to delete, selecting other items to delete multiple items at the same time).
If the available storage space on your device gets too low, WhatsApp may not work properly. In this case, WhatsApp generally suggests freeing up storage space in order to continue using the application.
Regardless of Whatsapp, you can free up space by deleting applications we don’t use or photos, videos and large files saved on your phone.
