How To Stop Downloading Media files Automatically On WhatsApp

Smartphone really changed the way we live. There was a time when people love recharge sms pack. As SMS keeps a man’s finger busy. But now it’s the time of Globalization. Everyone is connected to each other. And that’s possible by the internet. And this internet just deletes SMS with the instant messenger  WhatsApp. Everyone is getting Smartphone and entering into the world of messaging. WhatsApp is really awesome. You don’t need SMS pack just you need an internet connection on your phone. You can send message to your friend, family and loved ones. Not only this you can make group chat with with lots of emotions. You can send images, voice message, audio even video file instantly to your friend. Even you can share your current location and contacts with your friend via WhatsApp.

Chatting with friends and sharing media like Audio and video file makes WhatsApp awesome. But sometimes it may be annoying to you if the image or media files your friends send and it gets downloaded to your friend automatically. As if you are on roaming or you have limited data pack, then you might not want to waste your internet data for these files. As you don’t want to download these media files, but by default WhatsApp download these media file automatically. So how to stop downloading media files automatically on WhatsApp?

According tour data connectivity you can configure what to download and what not. So here, have a look how to stop downloading media files automatically on WhatsApp.

Step 1: Open Whatsapp then tap on the menu icon, then select “Settings”

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Step 2: Then click on “Chat Settings”

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Step 3: Now click on “Media auto download”

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Step 4: Now you can configure what to download automatically according your data connectivity.

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So hope you have know how to stop, downloading files automatically on WhatsApp. Though in normal condition or mobile data network you have to download image file as there is no media options. Its bad as in Groups people constantly send you image and if the image file size is large then it’s pretty bad. I am expecting WhatsApp will include no media option in mobile data. Have a nice chatting. 😛

 

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