In case you make use of Cellular Data for WhatsApp Calls, Chats and Videos, you will find below the steps to Reduce Cellular Data used by WhatsApp on your iPhone.
Reduce Mobile Data Used By WhatsApp on iPhone
Left to its default settings, WhatsApp can end up costing you a lot by consuming data from your Cellular Data plan.
The cost due to Cellular Data used by WhatsApp can be significant, in case your iPhone is set to download WhatsApp Images and Videos over Cellular Network.
Luckily, it is easy to Monitor Cellular Data used by WhatsApp on your iPhone and take measures to reduce or even totally prevent WhatsApp from using any Cellular Data on your iPhone.
Reduce Mobile Data Usage For WhatsApp Calls On iPhone
Follow the steps below to reduce Cellular or Mobile Data used during WhatsApp calls on your iPhone.
1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone.
2. Next, tap on the Settings option located at the lower right corner of your screen.
3. On the Settings screen, tap on Data and Storage Usage Option.
4. On the Data and Storage screen, scroll down to “Call Settings” section and enable the option for Low Data Usage by moving the slider to ON Position.
After this, you should notice your iPhone using less data for WhatsApp calls, compared to its earlier data usage.
Note: Even with Low Data Usage settings you won’t find much difference in the call quality.
Disable Mobile Data Usage For WhatsApp Images and Videos
As you must have noticed, people just love to share Videos and Images on WhatsApp. Hence, make sure that all these high resolution Images and Videos are not using your expensive cellular data while downloading on your iPhone.
1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone.
2. Next, tap on the Settings option located at the lower right corner of your screen.
3. On the Settings screen, tap on Data and Storage Usage Option.
4. On the next screen, tap on the Images option located under “Media Auto-Download” section.
5. On the next screen, tap on the WiFi option to restrict downloading of WhatsApp images over WiFi Network only (See image below)
6. Next go back to Data and Storage Usage screen and tap on the Videos option located under Media Auto-Download section.
7. On the Videos screen, tap on the WiFi Option to restrict downloading of WhatsApp Videos over WiFi Network only.
8. Similarly, you may also want to set Documents and Audio Files also to download only while your iPhone is connected to WiFi.
Turn Off WhatsApp Chat Backup Using Cellular Data
WhatsApp allows you to Backup your Chats to iCloud. This feature in WhatsApp allows you to quickly restore all your messages, in case you change your iPhone.
However, backing up WhatsApp Chats using Cellular data is going to cost you money. Hence, you can prevent WhatsApp from using Cellular Data for its regular iCloud Backups by following the steps below.
1. From the Home screen of your iPhone, tap on Settings.
2. On the Settings screen, tap on iCloud.
3. On the next screen, tap on iCloud Drive.
4. On iCloud Drive Screen, scroll down and toggle OFF the option for Use Cellular Data (See image below).
After this setting, WhatsApp will be backing up its Data to iCloud only while your iPhone is connected to a WiFi Network, instead of consuming expensive Mobile Data for its regular iCloud backups.
Monitor Mobile Data Used by WhatsApp on iPhone
In case you do like to use WhatsApp over Cellular Network for making calls and sending text messages, it is strongly recommended that you closely monitor the Cellular Data used by WhatsApp on your iPhone.
1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone.
2. Next, tap on the Settings option located at the lower right corner of your screen.
3. On the Settings screen, tap on Data and Storage Usage option.
4. On the Data and Usage screen, tap on the Network Usage option (See image below)
5. On the next screen, you will get information about the amount of Mobile Data used by WhatsApp on your iPhone.
As you can see in the above image, you can Reset the Network Usage Screen by tapping on Reset Statistics option. You can do this Reset to exactly match with your billing cycle.