{"id":11623,"date":"2017-06-05T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=11623"},"modified":"2017-06-07T09:51:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:51:18","slug":"clear-whatsapp-files-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/clear-whatsapp-files-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear WhatsApp Files on an Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WhatsApp is so popular because it\u2019s such a useful communication app. It lets you send video and pictures to your friends over text message, it lets you group chat, and now it even lets you send and receive GIFs \u2014 all internationally, which helps you to keep in touch with family and friends. But one of the biggest problems with WhatsApp is how fast it collects data \u2014 files, photos, and videos \u2014 that, if accumulated, can take up your phone\u2019s storage and slow down your device. Click here to use WhatsApp Cleaner to remove unwanted WhatsApp files:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"psafe:\/\/launch\/whatsapp_gif_cleaner\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/WhatsApp-Gifs-Remove-300x78.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp Gifs Remove\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/center><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to clear out those excess files is by using WhatsApp Cleaner. The Cleaner will help you get rid of videos, GIFs, images, and audio messages you don\u2019t need anymore. It will show you how much space your WhatsApp files are taking up, so you\u2019ll see how much room you\u2019ll free up by removing old files. It also lets you select which files \u2014 and from which date \u2014 you want to delete, so you can hold onto any files you want to keep. While WhatsApp Cleaner is the most efficient way to clear out your WhatsApp files, there is another method for clearing this app\u2019s cache.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read More: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/whatsapp-app-android-now-includes-gifs-2\/\"><b>The WhatsApp App for Android Now Includes GIFs<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Clearing WhatsApp Data Manually <\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure to backup your WhatsApp folders to your computer using a USB data cord, in case you delete a file you didn\u2019t mean to delete.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to your SD card in your phone\u2019s file manager. This is where your WhatsApp data will be stored.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There, open the WhatsApp folder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, open the Media subfolder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that subfolder, you will find many kinds of media files that you might generate using WhatsApp. These include wallpaper, voice notes, audio, images, and video, among other file folders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To delete files, you need to open the folder in which you have unwanted data. You will need to click each piece of data to delete it. If you want to delete multiple items, you can click more than one file at a time. You can also delete images and video from WhatsApp by navigating to your Android gallery and selecting the files you want to be deleted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, the simplest and most efficient way of clearing WhatsApp data is by using WhatsApp Cleaner. Rather than consistently having to take these steps to clear your cache manually, use WhatsApp Cleaner to regularly remove files before they pile up and slow down your phone.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is a popular way to communicate with friends and family. But if you leave files and photos on it for too long, WhatsApp can also be a huge storage suck. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[30,301,303,308,312,151,415],"class_list":["post-11623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-android","tag-app2","tag-app3","tag-app6","tag-app8","tag-whatsapp","tag-whatsapp-cleanup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}