08/31/2021 19:09
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Technology
Updated 08/31/2021 7:09 PM
WhatsApp
presented at the end of 2020 a solution for cell phone users who use the platform too much, but have
little capacity to store photos and videos
.
The
file management
tool
from its appearance allows you to easily manage, identify, review and even mass delete content on Android and Apple iOS devices.
With this feature, the most popular messenger offers
easy cleaning
suggestions
, as it groups all types of content: large files such as multimedia files that have been forwarded multiple times, sorting them by size in descending order.
The user also has a preview of the multimedia content available before selecting one or more elements that will be permanently deleted from the mobile device.
WhatsApp introduced file search from the app to improve the experience.
To access the new tool, users must enter
Settings> Storage and data> Manage Storage
from the app menu
.
This WhatsApp file finder at the top of the screen, the amount of space they occupy in the multimedia files stored on the phone will be identified in green, while in yellow what applications and other elements use.
How to delete files through WhatsApp
Once the elements are identified, the user can delete them by block or select them individually, which will allow you to free up storage space that WhatsApp occupies on your computer.
From the Manage storage section you can even delete content that was shared many times in the "Review and delete items" option that may be "Over 5MB".
There is also the possibility of doing it individually, chat by chat, from the contact with whom you shared files the most.
In each of these options, you can even sort the files for viewing by date of receipt (oldest to most recent) or size.
WhatsApp allows you to delete files individually or by blocks.
It is also possible to delete the audios, photos and videos just by selecting the file and pressing the trash can icon.
Another option is to delete them en bloc.
To do this, you have to mark a file, then "Select all" and press the trash can icon.
Finally, it remains to confirm if you want to delete the highlighted elements and all their copies of the file (to get rid of duplicate files).
When you select a file, it will even be available to which chat the element belongs and when it was sent, by marking the icon with the three vertical dots and the option Show in chat.
If you wish, you can highlight it with the star icon, which will help you protect it.
Changes in the audios
WhatsApp does not stop implementing new functions on its platform.
The latest announcements in terms of reactions to messages will now be added
improvements in the audios, especially to listen to them before being sent to the recipient
.
The person in charge of filtering the news that will soon reach the messenger comes once again from the
WABetainfo
site
, the same one that in recent months advanced the temporary messages or the single display of photos and videos.
In this note, all the details of the announcement.
SL
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