How to stop Whatsapp from saving images to camera roll

By: Marwan, January 11, 2013
Whatsapp, one of the world's most popular IM apps has a feature that could start becoming annoying for some users. Whatsapp saves any picture that you receive automatically to your camera roll. On some devices the pictures are saved in their own album, which doesn't make any problem. However, on other devices such as the iPhone, the pictures are saved in the camera roll alongside other pictures.

This could be extremely frustrating if you receive a lot of pictures over whatsapp that you only want to view once, but it ends up flooding your camera roll. Whatsapp made it easy to disable this feature. The process is really simple and it should be similarly done on any device with Whatsapp. Read on for a step-by-step guide.


1.Open Whatsapp
2.Tap on "Settings" in the bottom bar
3.Tap on "Chat Settings"
4.Toggle "Save Incoming Media" so that it's off


Now the next time you receive an image from Whatsapp it will not be saved automatically. You can however save it manually if you please.

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30 comments:

  1. Henry ToledoJanuary 11, 2013 at 6:49 PM

    I've been looking for this for a while now! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 2, 2013 at 7:18 AM

    In my android , I have no such option, for not saving the images we recieve. Let me know if I can.

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    1. MarwanMarch 2, 2013 at 3:25 PM

      I checked the Internet for a solution because you're right the toggle is not available on Android, and I found a method that is just a bit more complicated. Check out the link below and tell me if it works for you http://techites.com/how-to/hide-whatsapp-photos-from-appearing-in-android-gallery/

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  3. AnonymousApril 15, 2013 at 8:25 PM

    Thank you!!It was very annoying!!

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  4. AnonymousMay 21, 2013 at 6:23 PM

    Thank you. This is good info.

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  5. UnknownJune 1, 2013 at 8:47 PM

    I was wonder can you create a separate folder on iPhone that the images save to instead of camera roll? or direct whatsapp images to a foldeR?

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    1. MarwanJune 3, 2013 at 5:34 PM

      You can create an album on your iPhone called Whatsapp and manually move the images there. But this can't be done automatically by Whatsapp simply because Whatsapp don't take advantage of this feature.

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  6. UnknownJune 1, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 12, 2013 at 7:18 PM

    It's not just the images you receive. I have no problem with automatically saving the images i receive to my gallery.

    The real problem for me is that even the images i SEND through whatsapp, which I first select from my gallery, are added to my gallery again (as duplicates). THAT is annoying.

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    1. MarwanJuly 12, 2013 at 7:30 PM

      That's weird and certainly annoying. Doesn't happen to me on iPhone, which phone are you using?

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  8. MarawanJuly 15, 2013 at 5:07 PM

    You can create an album on your iPhone called Whatsapp and manually move the images there. But this can't be done automatically by Whatsapp simply because Whatsapp don't take advantage of this feature.

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  9. MarawanJuly 15, 2013 at 5:07 PM

    I'm glad I helped

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  10. MarawanJuly 15, 2013 at 5:08 PM

    You're welcome! I'm glad I helped.

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  11. MarawanJuly 15, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    I'm glad I helped :) stay tuned for more

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  12. joelAugust 29, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    how do i do it on a blackberry 9930?

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  13. joelAugust 29, 2013 at 4:59 PM

    no such option as chat setting

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  14. joelSeptember 2, 2013 at 4:53 PM

    So? can you help me?

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  15. MarawanSeptember 2, 2013 at 5:17 PM

    Sorry but I have no idea how it's done on a Blackberry I'll tell u when I know, I would suggest you check through your whatsapp settings it could be there.

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  16. Arif HossainAugust 25, 2015 at 3:59 PM

    thanks

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  17. blablaJune 22, 2016 at 2:23 PM

    Hey, did you find a solution? I'm having my photos duplicated when i send them as well

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    1. MarwanJune 27, 2016 at 9:50 PM

      When you take a picture in whatsapp and send it it'll automatically get saved to your camera roll, don't think you can stop that. Is that what you're asking about?

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  18. blablaJune 27, 2016 at 11:08 PM

    Not that. It happens even when I forward an existing photo from camera roll To WhatsApp.

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    1. MarwanJune 28, 2016 at 6:29 AM

      Doesn't happen to me. You're on iPhone or Android?

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  19. blablaJune 28, 2016 at 3:38 PM

    iPhone 6

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    1. MarwanJune 29, 2016 at 5:49 PM

      I just tried on mine and it doesn't happen :/ Not sure what the solution is, sorry. But it's most likely a bug. You could try to re install whatsapp but make sure to back up your chats first.

      Or you could go to Settings --> Privacy --> Photos, and turn it off for Whatsapp. However that'll prevent you from being able to send photos on whatsapp from your phone, so I'd recommend the first option.

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  20. AndyJuly 3, 2016 at 7:13 PM

    I have an iphone 6 and everytime i send a photo/video to a chat member the it saves AGAIN to my camera roll and I hate it!!! How can I stop this?

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