WhatsApp is the messaging service that we use the most in our day to day, therefore, it is one of the applications that occupies the most space on the mobile, since through it we receive photos, memes, videos and files that can fill the storage of our mobile. Fortunately, the platform has an advanced tool that helps us identify the heaviest chats and thus free up space in a single step. How does it work? Here we explain it to you.
If the amount of available storage on your device reaches extremely low levels, you may WhatsApp not work properly. If this happens, the app may ask you to free up some space for you to continue using the app.
Although the usual thing is to enter a conversation where we have many photos and apply the Empty chat option, this method is very basic, since WhatsApp has a more advanced tool to clean and free up space in the files of the Meta app.
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How to delete files from a heavy chat on WhatsApp?
The method to free up space on our phone works practically the same way in iOS Y Android, so you don’t have to delete apps and files to get more storage. To do so, follow these steps:
- Enter WhatsApp on your Android or iPhone
- Then press the settings
- Enter the storage and data section
- And then click on manage storage to see which are the heaviest chats
- Enter the heaviest chat or the one you want to delete all your files completely
- Click on Select all and click on the Delete icon.
Free up space on WhatsApp. Photo: LR composition
This functionality also gives us the option to delete those files that were sent many times and those that are larger than 5 MB.
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WhatsApp receives the function to add contacts with QR code on Android phones
Through the WABetaInfo portal, it was announced that WhatsApp would receive the new function that allows users to add contacts using a QR code. This long-awaited feature was only available in the iOS beta. However, a recent report indicates that it can also be used on Android phones.
WhatsApp had recently enabled support for QR codes in the latest iOS beta updates in TestFlight and this Friday WhatsApp is officially rolling out the feature to all Android beta testers.
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How to convert WhatsApp audios into text messages
Thousands of users have been surprised to learn that there is a secret method that allows us to convert the audios sent to WhatsApp into text messages. This brilliant trick can be of great help when we are in class or in a work meeting and we cannot reproduce the voice notes that come to us.
For those users who want to know the content of voice messages without having to listen to them. We explain the incredible trick that you must apply to transcribe into text what has been sent to us on WhatsApp in a simple and free way.
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WhatsApp: know the reasons why your group could be closed automatically
One of the most important features of WhatsApp is that it allows the creation of groups. The safest thing is that you have one with your family, co-workers, school friends, among other people. Although many think that these chats are permanent, the truth is that the company can close them automatically if it notices that the participants have committed some faults that they consider serious. Here we will detail some of them.
As detailed by Andro4all, a portal specialized in technology, WhatsApp will close the groups that have been reported by a good number of members. This usually happens in chats that are made up of people who do not know each other and who only share a common hobby such as soccer, comics, a series or movie, among other hobbies. It is enough that some users agree and that group could be suspended forever. Here the details.