If you have prevented WhatsApp from automatically saving images to your iPhone , you can still manually retrieve and save WhatsApp images to your iPhone whenever you need to save a photo to your device.
Get and save images from WhatsApp on iPhone
To manually get and save WhatsApp images on iPhone, you need to give WhatsApp access to the Pictures app on your iPhone.
Just in case, giving WhatsApp access to the Pictures app won't cause WhatsApp to dump random photos into your iPhone's camera roll.
WhatsApp has not been given the ability to automatically save images to your iPhone, provided that the conversation settings in your WhatsApp account are set to not allow WhatsApp to save images to your camera roll.
If you are still undecided about this, follow the steps below to test WhatsApp can't automatically save pictures to camera roll.
1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone > tap the Settings icon located on the back menu.
2. On the WhatsApp settings screen, click on Chats
3. On the next screen, activate the OFF option on the following slider for Save to digital camera roll
This can prevent WhatsApp photos from being systematically downloaded and saved to your iPhone's camera roll.
Enter WhatsApp with access to the Images app
As mentioned above, you may want to give WhatsApp access to the Images app, so you can manually save WhatsApp images to your iPhone.
1. Open Definition of on your iPhone > scroll down and tap Privacy.
2. On the privacy screen, click on Images.
3. On the Images screen, click on WhatsApp.
4. On the next screen, click on Learn and type possibility.
Now that WhatsApp has access to the Photos app, you can manually retrieve and save WhatsApp images to your iPhone's camera roll.
Manually save WhatsApp images on iPhone
Once WhatsApp comes with the Images app entry, you can manually save WhatsApp images on iPhone at any time by following the steps below.
1. Open WhatsApp > tap the Cats tab in the back menu.
2. On the cat screen, find and click on Chat contains images that you simply have to have on your iPhone.
3. Once the chat is open, press the mouse button. Photograph that you simply have to get on your iPhone.
4. When the photo opens in full mode, click the Share icon button located in the back menu.
5. In the Share menu that appears, click the Save option button.
The chosen WhatsApp photo may be downloaded and saved to the Photos app on your iPhone.
Be careful: You may be able to follow the steps above to back up WhatsApp on your iPhone, even without giving WhatsApp access to the Photos app first.
In this case, WhatsApp will immediately ask for permission to access the Photos app, which you can grant by pressing the Activate button in the context menu.
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