Surely you would like to know how to send large files by WhatsApp , because the truth is that it becomes more comfortable to share documents and multimedia, no matter how heavy they may be, so that your contact can later download and use it from their mobile or with WhatsApp Web straight to the computer, let’s say it’s somehow an alternate path to the cloud.
Using WhatsApp to send large files is a better way and much more expeditious than doing it through Gmail , since we know that the email platform after reaching a certain weight forces you to go through Drive with your documents and share it from that route. But if you don’t have the necessary storage, then things can get a bit complicated.
Initially WhatsApp was not an alternative, remember that in the beginning you could hardly send multimedia and documents that did not exceed 15 MB , but then it went up to 100 MB and there is also the possibility that you can send much heavier files if you need it and we will explain you how to do it using additional tools.
Another advantage of sending files through WhatsApp is that it supports a large number of formats, from audio, videos, Word documents, ZIP files, RAR, PDF, even APK and all of this can be attached from the window of the chat with the correct option and in seconds the other person will also have their mobile phone, of course it will always depend on the Internet connection of both.
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Send any file by WhatsApp that does not exceed 100 MB
Now we explain the procedure to send files smaller than 100 MB through WhatsApp, step by step:
- The first thing you should do is open the WhatsApp application .
- Then choose the conversation in which you want to send the file.
- Now go to the button with the clip icon next to the box to write the messages.
- You must choose the Documents option from the list of options that is displayed , it does not matter the type of file in question, it can be photos, videos, PDF, etc.
- Now click on the search for other documents option that appears at the beginning of the displayed list and choose the file you want, it can even be from Drive if it is configured on your mobile.
You will see that you have access to all the memory of your device , regardless of the format, any file you want to send through the Documents option you can do it if its weight is less than 100 MB.
One of the advantages of this procedure is that it is a native option of the messaging application , you do not need to install anything else to do it and everything has the security and encryption of the platform.
Previously there was an app called Wasend, which is no longer available, which allowed you to send files of up to 150 MB , of course with an additional procedure that involved going through third-party servers.
Send files larger than 100 MB via WhatsApp: how to do it
The truth is that there is no direct way to send WhatsApp files greater than 100 MB and it is something that will surely not change soon, however there are alternatives to send very heavy files, but that will necessarily take you to Google Drive.
The Google Drive application is available for all operating systems , that is, Android or iOS and it is also on your computer, so you can use it from WhatsApp for desktop.
The procedure for sharing large files on WhatsApp is a bit different, because it starts in the Google Drive app:
- Enter the Google Drive application and locate the file you want to share, you must change the permission so that everyone can see it and then select in the menu of the three dots next to the file and click on the copy link option .
- Then go to the conversation in which you want to share the file and paste it in the box to write messages , when you send it it will be an active link that when you press you can go to the file and you can save a copy in your own Drive.
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Now, you may have received a heavy file that you want to keep directly in the cloud , for this there is also a native method directly in WhatsApp that will be very useful, since you will not have to leave the application to get it.
- The first thing you should do is go to the conversation where the file you want to store in Google Drive is located.
- Then select it and press the share icon at the top of the screen.
- When you press a small menu will appear that you can display and all the possible options will be expanded, there you will see the Drive option in the middle of the screen , press on it.
- Now you only need to select a name for the file , the drive address where you want to save and the folder within the cloud that you want to use for it.
Remember that in Google Drive you only have up to 15GB of free storage and the files you can store at a time are up to 10GB. However, these types of files will never come from a WhatsApp chat, since we only have a capacity of up to 100 MB if we do it natively within the application.
