Overview
- News guides from Argentine outlets explain how to open WhatsApp → Settings → Storage and data → Manage storage to identify and delete the largest files stored on a phone.
- The manager can filter items bigger than 5 MB and media from Canales so users can remove heavy videos and audio without deleting whole conversations.
- Android users can clear WhatsApp’s temporary cache from the phone settings (Apps → WhatsApp → Storage → Clear cache) which removes transient files but does not delete chats or saved photos.
- Reports say some users may recover as much as 10 GB in specific cases, but that figure is an estimate that depends on each person’s accumulated multimedia and download history.
- To limit future buildup, guides recommend turning off auto-download, using expiring messages or view-once media, and checking Downloads and app storage periodically to keep phones responsive.