How to clear WhatsApp storage space on Android

WhatsApp has a built-in tool that lets you free up storage space

While there are many perks to using WhatsApp, there are times when you went just want those good morning messages or memes to disappear. Even though you can ignore them, these images and videos are often automatically downloaded and eat up a significant portion of our device storage over time .

1. Open WhatsApp and head over to the ‘Chats’ tab. Now tap on ‘More options’ and navigate to ‘Settings’.

2. Now tap on ‘Storage and data’ and find the ‘Manage Storage’ option.

3. Here, on the top, you will messages that have been forwarded many times. Below this, you will files ‘larger than 5 MB’.

4. Tapping on the aforementioned sections will give you the option to select and delete them one by one or you can select and delete them all.

5. To delete, select all the items you want to delete first and tap on the delete icon that appears on the top right of the app.

6. You can also delete items from chat using the search feature. To do so, head over to the chat section and tap on photos, videos and documents. Find the item you want to delete, tap on more and proceed to hit the delete button.