Even if you have stopped WhatsApp From Saving Photos to iPhone, you can still manually download and Save WhatsApp Photos to iPhone, in case you come across a WhatsApp Photo that you believe is worth saving to the Camera Roll on your iPhone.
Download and Save WhatsApp Photos to iPhone
In order to be able to manually download and Save WhatsApp Photos to iPhone, you need to make sure that WhatsApp is able to Access the Photos App on your iPhone.
In case you are concerned, granting WhatsApp with access to Photos App will not result in WhatsApp dumping random photos to the camera roll on your iPhone.
WhatsApp won’t be able to download and save Photos to the Camera Roll on your iPhone as long as the Chat Settings in your WhatsApp account are configured not to allow WhatsApp to Save Photos to the iPhone Camera Roll.
In case you are not sure about this, follow the steps below to confirm that WhatsApp does not have permission to Save Photos to Camera Roll.
1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Once you are in WhatsApp, tap on the Settings icon located at the bottom right corner of your screen (See image below).
3. On the Settings screen, tap on Chats
4. On the Chats screen, toggle OFF the slider next to Save to Camera Roll (See image below)
Now that you are sure about WhatsApp not being able to Automatically Save Photos to iPhone Camera Roll, you can follow the steps below to provide WhatsApp with access to the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
1. Open Setting on your iPhone or iPad.
2. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on Privacy.
3. On the Privacy screen, tap on Photos.
4. On the Photos screen, tap on WhatsApp.
5. On the next screen, tap on Read and Write option.
Now that WhatsApp has access to Photos App, you will be able to manually download WhatsApp Photos at any time to the Camera Roll on your iPhone or iPad.
Manually Download and Save WhatsApp Photos to iPhone
Follow the steps below to Manually Download WhatsApp Photos to iPhone or iPad.
1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Next, tap on the Chats tab in the bottom menu (in case you are not already on Chats screen)
3. On the Chats screen, locate and tap on the Chat containing Photos that you want to download to iPhone (See image above)
4. Once the Chat is open, tap on the image or Photo that you want to download to iPhone.
5. When the image opens in full-mode, tap on the Share icon located in the bottom menu.
6. On the Share Menu that appears, tap on the Save option.
The selected WhatsApp photo will be downloaded and saved to the Camera Roll on your iPhone.
Note: You can also follow the above Steps without first providing WhatsApp with access to the Photos App.
In that case, WhatsApp won’t be able to save photos to the camera roll on your iPhone and it will prompt you to provide permission to access Photos, which you can grant by tapping on the Allow option in the pop-up menu.