How to stop WhatsApp from saving photos on iPhone?

Last update: 04/10/2024
Stop WhatsApp From Saving Photos to iPhone

It is easy to prevent WhatsApp store photos on your iPhone and prevent your gadget from being affected by unwanted photos and movies.

Prevent WhatsApp from storing photos on iPhone

By default, WhatsApp automatically downloads and saves photos and videos linked in messages to your iPhone's Camera Roll.

With There, this default WhatsApp setting makes the space of storage your iPhone being taken up by unwanted WhatsApp photos and videos.

Fortunately, it's easy to stop WhatsApp from storing photos on your iPhone using two completely different strategies suggested below.

1. Prevent WhatsApp from automatically storing photos on iPhone

This technique prevents WhatsApp from mechanically saving photos to iPhone, while giving you the option to manually save WhatsApp photos to iPhone.

1. OPEN WhatsApp on your iPhone > press the button The Settings icon in the back menu.

WhatsApp settings icon on iPhone

2. On the parameter display screen, press Cats.

WhatsApp chat settings

3. On the chat screen, activate OFF the next cursor to Save to camera roll (See image below).

Disable saving of camera roll photos in WhatsApp on iPhone

After this setting, WhatsApp will no longer be able to automatically retrieve and save photos to your iPhone's Camera Roll.

However, it is possible to manually save WhatsApp photos to your iPhone by giving WhatsApp access to the Photos app on your gadget (Settings > WhatsApp > Photos > Learning and writing).

2. Completely prevent WhatsApp from saving photos on iPhone

You can also completely prevent WhatsApp from saving photos to your iPhone by disabling WhatsApp's entry in the Photos app on your iPhone.

1. OPEN Settings On your iPhone > scroll down and click WhatsApp.

Option to configure WhatsApp on the iPhone

2. On the next screen, click Photos.

WhatsApp photo settings option on iPhone

3. On the photo viewing screen, click In no event.

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Never allow WhatsApp to access photos on iPhone

This setting completely prevents WhatsApp from accessing your iPhone photos and you will not be able to save WhatsApp photos to your iPhone either.

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