WhatsApp, for a few months, has had its own storage manager to free up space . In it we can consult the space occupied by photos and videos , although not all the data saved by the application is included, such as backups, profile images and others.
We are going to teach you how to manage WhatsApp files from the file explorer , so that you have even more control over all the data stored on your device.
The path of the WhatsApp files
The first thing we will need is a file explorer installed on our Android. You can use the one that is already pre-installed on your phone, or any of the file explorers recommended by our team . All of them will allow you to consult the internal storage of the phone , from where you must find the following route:
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If your version of Android is older than Android 10, the path will be directly WhatsApp , since until these new versions the WhatsApp folder was not saved within the Android folder. Once you enter the WhatsApp folder, you will find these folders:
- Backups
- Databases
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From the Backups folder you can check the backup copies that your phone stores locally . We recommend not deleting them since, in case it is corrupted or there is some kind of error with the copy of Google Drive, the phone will try to recover the chatas from the local copy , so it is always advisable to have one there.
The other main protagonist is the media folder , where are all the multimedia data that WhatsApp has been saving:
- Wallpapers
- Animated gifs
- Audios
- Documents
- Images
- Profile pictures
- Stickers
- Videos
- Voice notes
As you can see, it is possible to consult (delete, copy, move, etc.) any WhatsApp file through the file manager of the phone itself. The tutorial is valid for any type of Android phone , even if you have an older version.
