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Is WhatsApp Using too Much Space on Your Phone?

Lots of people use WhatsApp to chat with friends and family around the world. But while WhatsApp is great in lots of ways, it can take up too much space on your device. That’s why PSafe created the WhatsApp Cleaner. Click here to free up space on your Android by removing old WhatsApp files:

The cleaner gets rid of images, video, audio, and messages that WhatsApp continues to store long after you don’t need them anymore. You can also choose which files, and from which dates, to delete so that you don’t have to clear each one individually. whatsapp cleaner will always clear out your unnecessary WhatsApp files; but if too many files are a real problem for you, you might also want to check out these cleaning solutions below, too.

Read More: WhatsApp Ending Support for Windows Phone 7 Devices

How to Clear Your Chats

  1. Open WhatsApp and tap on the menu button.
  1. Click on “Settings.”
  1. Navigate to “Chats and calls.”
  1. Click on “Delete all chats/Clear all chats.”

How to Delete Your Chats

  1. Open WhatsApp and tap on the menu button.
  1. Click on “Settings.”
  1. Navigate to “Chats and calls.”
  1. Click on “Delete all chats/Clear all chats.”

How to Copy Your Files to Your Computer

If you want to keep files but don’t want them all to be stored on your phone, try this method for transferring your files to your computer.

  1. Connect your phone to your computer.
  1. On your computer enable “Developer Options” and “USB debugging.”
  1. Next, navigate to your phone’s internal storage on your computer.
  1. Click on “WhatsApp folder.”
  1. Click on “Media.”
  1. Copy the files you want to keep from your Media folder. Look for content in WhatsApp Images, WhatsApp Audio, WhatsApp Documents, and WhatsApp Video.
  1. Make a new “WhatsApp” folder on your computer.

WhatsApp can eat up a lot of your device’s storage space. However, using the whatsapp cleaner and taking a few of the precautions listed here can free up space for WhatsApp to continue functioning well. It will also help to improve your device’s overall performance by freeing up space and memory on your Android phone. Not to mention keeping your worldwide connections trouble free.

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