When you receive or send a photo on WhatsApp, it has a space reserved for its storage. Although they can be viewed directly in the mobile gallery or used as a search method in the app, These files have their own space.
You can find using a file manager which makes it easy to view. In addition, knowing this path allows you to access this folder and delete the files, if necessary, causing them to be deleted from everywhere. Let's see how to get there and what other benefits knowing this offers us.
How to get to the folder that stores WhatsApp photos?
FOR View the photos you send and receive on WhatsApp, we usually go to the mobile gallery. However, this is not the original folder where they are stored, for this the messaging app has a special section called "multimedia".
Knowing where it is located allows us make backups directly. Also, if you want free up space on your mobile, we can get there and delete everything without a trace. Let's see how to get to this route easily on Android:
- Open your file manager, usually one comes installed by default on Android, but if not you can use this one:
- In some cases, you may have WhatsApp right away once you open the app, along with other apps you use every day. If this is the case, simply select the messaging app and go to its files.
- On the contrary, You must locate the “sdcard” folder and inside look for “WhatsApp”.
- Once we are in the WhatsApp folder, go to “multimedia files”.
- Enter the folder and you will see a filter to find the type of file you are looking for.
A veces WhatsApp may be in another path and the best way to locate it is using the file manager search engine. You just have to put the word “WhatsApp” in it and go into the multimedia folders of the app. In this case, they may be classified by format or file type.
With this tutorial you now know where photos are stored in WhatsApp. You will even find other files such as stories, voices and other files of interest that you have received or sent from the messaging app. Share this information so other people know how to find it.