This is one of the features most requested by the public and one of the causes we run out of free space on our phones. WhatsApp automatically saves all the pictures that we receive in all conversations. But it can be disabled. Luckily.
To disable autosave photo WhatsApp, we go to your Settings screen, enter Settings Chat, where multimedia files of our conversations are managed. There we will present an option to enable or disable auto-saving of files received:
Whatsapp Settings Chat
WARNING # 1: to disable this feature, you will no longer need to check the list of pictures to remove those who do not want to be seen if we pay the phone to display the last funny video of baby ... But photographs really wish to preserve not be saved . To save will have to open the photo album of each conversation, at the same time receive ...
So it depends on how much you get each. If most of the contents are not worth saving, or if they receive few but valuable. That's up to each.
But before ... better enable backup WhatsApp
WARNING # 2: When auto-saving of images is disabled, photos of existing conversations will be deleted. To avoid losing important material, leave activated before the backup feature of WhatsApp. This is also found in the Settings screen chats.
On iPhone, after making the copy, it is sufficient to reinstall WhatsApp maintaining our active iCloud account. Thus, the application will detect and restore all conversations automatically with the assistant first use.
Android and Windows Phone, then you back, uninstalled and reinstalled WhatsApp for the First Time Use wizard automatically detects a copy saved in the system folders.
The backup file is saved as a file over to the internal memory of the device, both Android and Windows Phone. So do not forget to move the file if you change phone and want to migrate all conversations. Or even delete it if we sell or give away the device.
In iOS, however, as long as we use the same iCloud account, be possible to download a copy on any device manzanita.