{"id":229,"date":"2020-05-18T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/how-to-block-whatsapp-group-chat-files-from-downloading-to-your-gallery\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:43:50","slug":"how-to-block-whatsapp-group-chat-files-from-downloading-to-your-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/ro\/how-to-block-whatsapp-group-chat-files-from-downloading-to-your-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Block Whatsapp Group Chat Files from Downloading to your Gallery."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hippo-before-content\" id=\"hippo-2860654179\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8362125513622191\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8362125513622191\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7257236543\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><h2 data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">How to Block Whatsapp Group Chat Files from Downloading to your Gallery.<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-amp-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a data-amp-imageanchor=\"1\" data-amp-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/whatsapppic.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Block Files on Whatsapp Group Chats from Downloading to your Gallery.\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"960\" data-original-width=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/whatsapppic.png\" title=\"How to Block Files on Whatsapp Group Chats from Downloading to your Gallery.\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">It is common to hear people complain of having all sorts of files from WhatsApp being downloaded into their devices. This article aims to guide you on how to block WhatsApp group chat files from downloading to your gallery. In <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cameroon\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cameroon<\/a> where I hail from, you often hear some users complain of my phone is running low on storage and I have uninstalled most of my applications but still face the same problem. But when you interview them to ask, which application do you use most on your device, the response 8\/10 is WhatsApp. I tell them to <a href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/ro\/2020\/05\/how-to-disable-auto-download-on-whatsapp.html\/\" target=\"_blank\">disable auto-download<\/a> for their photos, videos, etc. (click <a href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/ro\/2020\/05\/how-to-disable-auto-download-on-whatsapp.html\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to know more). The second advice is what we will look at in this article as follows.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Blocking&nbsp; WhatsApp Group Chat Files from Downloading to your Gallery.<\/span><\/h3>\n<div data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Open a group on WhatsApp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Touch the name of the group at the top of the group chat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Scroll down and select <b>&#8220;Media visibility&#8221;<\/b>.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\n<div class=\"separator\" data-amp-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a data-amp-imageanchor=\"1\" data-amp-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WhatsAppImage2020-05-18at15.22.20.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Block Files on Whatsapp Group Chats from Downloading to your Gallery.1\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"862\" data-original-width=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WhatsAppImage2020-05-18at15.22.20.jpeg\" title=\"How to Block Files on Whatsapp Group Chats from Downloading to your Gallery.1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In this new window, select <b>&#8220;No&#8221;<\/b> and confirm with <b>&#8220;OK&#8221;<\/b>.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\n<div class=\"separator\" data-amp-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a data-amp-imageanchor=\"1\" data-amp-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WhatsAppImage2020-05-18at15.22.20252812529.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How to Block Files on Whatsapp Group Chats from Downloading to your Gallery.2\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"860\" data-original-width=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/hippotechgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WhatsAppImage2020-05-18at15.22.20252812529.jpeg\" title=\"How to Block Files on Whatsapp Group Chats from Downloading to your Gallery.2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<div data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-amp-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span data-amp-style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>NB:<\/b> To apply this fully, go and do the same in all the groups you don&#8217;t wish to have their files downloading to your device. Also, note that enabling this feature means no files you download in that group will be downloaded to your gallery.<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Block Whatsapp Group Chat Files from Downloading to your Gallery. It is common to hear people complain of having all sorts of files from WhatsApp being downloaded into their devices. This article aims to guide you on how to block WhatsApp group chat files from downloading to your gallery. 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