A mini guide on how to clear WhatsApp storage on Android devices


WhatsApp, an instant messaging platform, has become the most popular greeting medium in India. With regular good morning messages, storage often floods. It is a tedious task to manually delete unwanted media that is received in bulk on a regular basis. Specifically, WhatsApp provides a storage tool that allows users to identify the chat that takes up a lot of storage space and further helps to sort files by size. If you are wondering how to free up WhatsApp storage space, here is the guide for you:

STEP 1. Open WhatsApp and go to the Chats tab. Now click on More options and navigate to Settings.

STEP 2. Tap Storage & data. Now find Manage Storage option.

STEP 3. At the top, users can see messages that have been forwarded multiple times. Below that are files ‘larger than 5 MB’.

STEP 4. Now tap on the aforementioned sections to get the option to select and delete them one by one or users can select and delete all of them.

STEP5. Furthermore, select all the items that have been deleted and tap on the delete icon that appears at the top right of the app.

STEP6. Users can also remove media from the chat using the search option.

Meanwhile, stickers have also become a popular choice for sending greetings and wishes in recent years. If you want to send Happy New Year stickers to your loved ones and are looking for a quick guide, you’ve come to the right place. Here we tell you how to send stickers on Instagram and WhatsApp.

To send Happy New Year stickers, a user must first download them from the Google Play Store. To do this, go to the Play Store and download a sticker pack of your choice.

Once you have downloaded a Happy New Year sticker pack of your choice, open it and add it to your WhatsApp. Users can find multiple sticker packs in the app, all with an Add button next to it in the form of a plus sign (+). Tap the button to add these stickers to their WhatsApp app.

After adding these stickers to the app, users can send any sticker by simply going to WhatsApp, opening the chat window with any contact and selecting stickers of their choice. Users can open the emoji section and go to the rightmost tab for stickers, where all the new Happy New Year stickers will be present.

Please note that only Android smartphone users can send stickers using this method. Apple iPhone users can ask their Android friends to send them stickers that they can bookmark and then share with their friends.

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