Over a period of time WhatsApp can easily fill up your device with tons of Photos and Videos. Hence, we are providing below the steps to Transfer WhatsApp Photos to SD Card on Android Phone.
Transfer WhatsApp Photos to SD Card
The default tendency in WhatsApp is to automatically download and save all received Photos and Videos to the internal device storage on your Android Phone.
While this default setting makes it convenient to access WhatsApp Photos, it eventually leads to build up thousands of WhatsApp Photos taking up storage space on your device.
To free up storage space on your device, you can either Delete WhatsApp Photos or Transfer WhatsApp to SD Card.
1. Transfer WhatsApp Photos to SD Card on Android Phone
Follow the steps below to transfer WhatsApp Photos to SD Card.
1. Open the File Explorer App on your Android Phone.
Note: If File Explorer App is not available, download ‘ES File Explorer’ from Google Play Store.
2. On the next screen, scroll down and tap on Device Storage.
3. On Device Storage screen, tap on WhatsApp.
4. In WhatsApp Folder, tap on the Media Folder.
5. On the next screen, tap on WhatsApp Images Folder.
6. Once you are in WhatsApp Images Folder, tap on More > and select the Edit option in the drop-down menu.
7. Next, select the Photos that you want to move to SD Card.
Note: You can select ‘Sent’ and ‘Private’ Folders, if you also want to transfer Sent WhatsApp Photos and Photos received or Shared in WhatsApp Groups.
8. After selecting Photos, tap on More and select the Move option in the menu that appears.
9. On the next screen, select SD Card as the new storage location for WhatsApp Photos on your Android Phone.
10. On the next screen, tap on Move Here option.
All the selected Photos will be move to SD Card.
2. Delete WhatsApp Photos From Android Phone
Another way to clear the storage space on Android Phone is to delete WhatsApp Photos from your device.
1. Using File Explorer go to Device Storage > WhatsApp > Media > tap on WhatsApp Images Folder.
2. In WhatsApp Images Folder, tap on More > and select the Edit option in the drop-down menu.
3. On the next screen, select the Photos that you want to delete and tap on the Delete option.
All the selected WhatsApp Photos will be deleted from your Android Phone.