WhatsApp, like many other apps that use media content, saves absolutely everything you see and download to files on your phone. So there are often ways to recover the photos, videos, audios and even the statuses you once saw, and today we are going to tell you how to save your contacts’ statuses in a few easy steps.
WhatsApp contacts are about to change drastically, it was recently learned that the Meta application plans to remove the status tab and replace it with a dedicated area for news ” communities“, which will move the statuses to the profile pictures of your contacts in your chat list, much like how Instagram works.
Follow these steps to be able to backup WhatsApp statuses of your contacts before they are deleted.
The appearance of the status function of WhatsApp caused a huge controversy at first, because many saw it as a simple copy of Instagram, but finally, the possibility of sharing images and videos temporarily ended up attracting the hundreds of million users that the application currently has.
To be able to get and save statuses, you should be aware that due to the behavior of this feature, statuses are deleted from your device’s memory when exactly 24 hours have elapsed since they were posted, depriving you of the ability to see them again. This procedure must therefore be carried out while you still have time to see them, so here are the steps to follow:
- You must first access your device’s default file explorer, this method does not work with third-party apps.
- You need to look in the settings and make sure to enable the option to show hidden files.
- Next, go to the WhatsApp folder and then to the Media subfolder, where all your videos and images are stored.
- There you will find a hidden folder called “ status“, where not only the statuses of your contacts are stored, but also your own.
- To save them, you have to select the ones you want and copy them, then paste them in the folder you want, preferably the gallery folder.
And that’s all ! By following these steps, you will be able to enjoy the statuses of your contacts forever.