Over a period of time WhatsApp can easily fill up the storage space on 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 Local or Internal device storage on your Android Phone or Tablet.
While this default setting makes it convenient to access WhatsApp Photos on your Phone, it eventually leads to build up thousands of WhatsApp Photos taking up storage space on your device.
When it becomes necessary to free up storage space on your device, you can transfer WhatsApp Photos from your Android Phone to SD Card and delete them from your device.
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 is not available, download ES File Explorer App from Google Play Store.
2. From the next screen, go to File Explorer > Device Storage > WhatsApp > Media > open WhatsApp Images Folder by tapping on it.
3. Once you are in WhatsApp Images Folder, tap on More and select the Edit option in the drop-down menu.
4. Next, select All or Specific 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.
5. Once the Photos are selected, tap on More and select the Move option in drop-down menu.
6. On the next screen, select SD Card as the new storage location for WhatsApp Photos on your Android Phone.
7. 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
After transferring WhatsApp Photos to SD Card, you can clear the storage space on your Android Phone or Tablet by deleting 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 Photos that you want to delete and tap on the Delete option.
All the selected WhatsApp Photos will be deleted from your Android Phone.
