Whatsapp data storage - all data stored locally on phone? [closed]

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Its possible to receive a huge number of images/text if you are part of Whatsapp groups. Are these stored locally on my phone ?

I'm able to continuously "Load earlier messages" even when the phone isnt connected to internet so these must be stored locally. Is there a way to keep images in the server.. maybe this way the images can be of higher resolution too.

Answer 1

Yes, Images, like all media and messages received through WhatsApp, are stored locally. They're stored in /data/data/com.whatsapp/ and can't in any way be saved on a server.

In iOS, the files are in /var/mobile/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/*/Message/Media (where * is the whatsApp folder). You need to have jailbreak to access the folder.

Answer 2

In WhatsApp, all the data will be stored in your device. Any message and image will get stored in your phone. Both chat history and images will be stored in a database on the device and images will be visible through the gallery within a folder named WhatsApp.

If you delete any image from the WhatsApp folder in the gallery, you won't be able to see the deleted image in WhatsApp anymore. Looking at a chat's history, the deleted image will look blurred, and clicking on it you will result in an error message saying "sorry this media file doesn't exist on your SD card".