Save Videos on WhatsApp on Android

This article teaches you how to manually download a video in WhatsApp to an Android device.

10 Second Summary

1. Open WhatsApp.
2. Disable automatic downloads.
3. Tap Chats.
4. Select a chat with a video.
5. Tap the download button on a video.

Steps

  1. Open WhatsApp. It’s the green icon with a white chat bubble and phone receiver in your app drawer.
  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.
  3. Tap Chats. It’s near the top-left corner of the screen.
  4. Select a chat with a video.
  5. Tap the download button on a video. 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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