Do not restore WhatsApp media?
How to stop saving WhatsApp media to your phone’s gallery
- Open WhatsApp.
- Tap More options > Settings > Chats .
- Turn off Media visibility.
Why is my WhatsApp media gone?
Close WhatsApp on your phone and clear cache to make sure the app is not running in the background. Open your phone’s native file manager and go to WhatsApp > Media. Now, move the content in the Media folder to Android > Media > com. whatsapp > WhatsApp > Media.
Why is there no media file in WhatsApp?
So, when ever you get the error message “Sorry, this media file doesn’t exist on your SD card/internal storage”, you should first check if you can find those files in the Gallery. If yes, it means that you might have moved them to a different folder than the default “WhatsApp” folder.
What happens when you download a photo on WhatsApp?
When you download a media file, it’ll automatically be saved to your phone’s gallery. The Media visibility option is turned on by default. This feature only affects new media that’s downloaded once the feature has been turned on or off and doesn’t apply to old media. To stop media from all your individual chats and groups from being saved
Why do my WhatsApp photos disappear when I restore them?
Recently we received a feedback that WhatsApp photos and videos disappeared after restoring WhatsApp, and all the media come up as question marks in the chats. Have you ever encountered the similar case when you using WhatsApp. Before we start to restore those WhatsApp media and fix the issue, we need to know the reason.
What to do if Whatsapp doesn’t restore medias from the backup?
Here we recommend the third party application — WhatsApp Pocket, a WhatsApp backup, extract and recover app tool for resolving WhatsApp issue. If the media has downloaded in your iPhone, but the WhatsApp doesn’t display or the pictures and videos are just question mark thumbnails in chat.