How to Save Videos on WhatsApp on Android

Last Updated: September 23, 2019 Tested

If you're using WhatsApp on an Android, you've likely noticed that there's no way to save individual videos from your chats. This is actually because WhatsApp automatically saves videos to your photo gallery app by default. If you don't see your WhatsApp videos in the Gallery or Photos app, you may have turned the feature off. This wikiHow teaches you how to ensure that videos you receive in WhatsApp are can be downloaded to your Android's gallery app.

Steps

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Find out if the video is already on your phone or tablet. WhatsApp is set up to automatically saved the photos and videos you receive to your Android's default photo gallery app. Open the app you use to view photos and videos on your Android, then select the folder called WhatsApp. Unless you've made changes to your settings, you should find your videos here.
- Continue with this method if your videos are not in your gallery app.
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Open WhatsApp. It’s the green icon with a white chat bubble and phone receiver in your app drawer.

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Tap the ⋮ menu. It's the three dots at the top-right corner of WhatsApp.
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Tap Settings in the menu.
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Tap Data and storage usage.
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Select your media auto-download preferences. Select each of the three options under the "Media auto-download" header to choose when to download photos and videos to your Android.
- If you're worried about using too much mobile data, select When connected on Wi-fi and select All media. Then, choose No media or Photos for both of the other two options.
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Tap the back button to return to the previous menu.
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Tap Chats.
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Check the box next to "Show media in gallery." It's under the "Media visibility" header.^{[1]
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Prevent videos from a specific chat from showing up in the gallery (optional). If one of your conversations causes way too many photos and videos to appear in your gallery, follow these steps to disable the feature for that chat:^{[2]
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- Open the chat.
- Tap the three-dot menu and select View Contact.
- Tap Media visibility. You'll be asked if you want media from this conversation to appear in the gallery.
- Tap No and then OK to confirm.