How to Save Videos on WhatsApp on Android

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open WhatsApp.

   It’s the green icon with a white chat bubble and phone receiver in your app drawer.
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   Step 2: Disable automatic downloads.

   Before you can download videos on your own, you’ll need to disable the feature that saves your videos automatically.
   
   Here’s how:
   Tap ⁝.
   
   Tap Settings.
   
   Tap Chat settings.
   
   Tap Media auto-download.
   
   Select When using mobile data and choose No media.
   
   Select When connected on Wi-Fi and choose No media.
   
   Select When roaming and select No media.
   
   Tap the back button until you return to the main WhatsApp screen. , It’s near the top-left corner of the screen. ,, It’s at the video’s bottom-left corner, and looks like a downward-pointing arrow.
   
   The video will now download to your phone’s gallery.
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   Step 3: Tap Chats.

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   Step 4: Select a chat with a video.

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   Step 5: Tap the download button on a video.

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