4 Easy Ways To Save Photos From WhatsApp - Mobitrix

Before WhatsApp, you may have needed to jump through multiple hoops to transfer photos, sometimes even having to pay. With WhatsApp, all you need is an internet connection. But how do you save the photos you get through WhatsApp?

In this article, we share with you some of the best ways that you can save photos from WhatsApp.

How to Save Photos from WhatsApp to Android

1.1 Manually Save Photos

You can manually export photos from WhatsApp to your gallery or any other location on the device. This can be done very easily using the Google Photos app. If you don’t have the Google Photos app, you can use any other file explorer app.

Follow these simple steps to do it:

1. Open the chat with the photo that you would like to save. Select the photo and the tap on the menu option (three-dots at the top). Tap “Share”.
2. In the options that appear, either choose the file explorer app to save the file or choose the upload to ‘Google Photos’ option.
3. If you choose Google Photos, select the images and save it to your device. The photo will appear in the “Downloads” folder.

You can also save the WhatsApp photos manually to other devices by emailing them to yourself. Here’s how to do it:

1. Select the photo that you would like to save.
2. Tap on the “Share” option in the menu at the top.
3. Tap on the email application you would like to use and then send the email to your own email address.
4. Open the email on the other device and download the photos. You can then move the photo from the downloads folder to any other folder.

1.2 Automatically Save Photos

You can also automatically save photos from the gallery. Here’s how to turn on the function:

1. Open WhatsApp and then tap on the menu (three dots) at the top right corner.
2. Select “Settings” in the popup that appears and then select “Chats”.
3. Make sure that “Media Visibility” is enabled. The photos in WhatsApp will be automatically downloaded to your gallery app.
4. Then go to “Data and Storage usage” and configure the “Media-auto download” settings to make sure the photos are automatically downloaded.

Here, you can choose to automatically use Wi-Fi or cellular data to download the photos. The downloaded images will be in a folder named “WhatsApp Images” on your device and you can move them to another folder.