We know that they exist just as the chats we frequent are in private with other users or the numbers have a large number of files and messages., now WhatsApp groups are no exception, These groups are usually a magnet for messages when there are important or festive appointments in groups of friends, relatives or acquaintances, many times these groups add a great weight to the device or it is simply full of text garbage that we want to clean, there are ways to do it and do it fast and here we will see how.
Delete the message or file individually
To delete a specific message or file we just have to follow a few simple stepsThis is the quick and easy way to both find the message and delete it in turn so that we can get rid of it to get more space or just because we want to find a way to remove a file that is deep and old from the group. chat log, For that we have the tools that WhatsApp offers us thanks to its much improved functionality over the years.
- Open WhatsApp and go to the group you want to delete or delete the fileIt can be a group of friends, a work group or even a family group that is one of the most frequent when it comes to being full of messages and files.
- In the upper right corner in the three vertical points select and give the option searchFind the message you want to delete by entering keywords or phrases that you think the message or file contains.
- Once found, you only have to press and hold the message and give it to delete in this way you would be deleting the group message and cleaning it from your messaging.
Delete all group chat completely and permanently
However, if we want a more in-depth cleaning and delete or delete a whole group of messages and multimedia files, We just have to go to some simple options that the WhatsApp application offers us, it's pretty straightforward and simple, but they will end up deleting the entire group chat record in general, this includes photos, files and videos that said chat could have stored but that in the same way, if we don't want to have this chat stored on our device , we just have to do the following.
- Enter your WhatsApp and look for the group you want to delete the chat completely and permanently.
- Enter the chat and the three vertical dots in the upper right corner on the screen select.
- Next, press option empty chat, in this way the chat would be completely erased.
These are the methods to delete messages in WhatsApp groups, is positive because they free up space and improve the performance of the application in terms of speed, because the large number of messages and files make it difficult for the application to function, in addition to exponentially increasing the weight of the application, group chats are by far the number one cause of gaining weight and consuming space on WhatsApp, so it is always important to clean them.
How to prevent group chats from consuming a lot of space?
One way to prevent chats from taking up so much space is by limiting the app to download media files automatically This is a way to configure the application so that it does not take up so much space and in this way the use of WhatsApp does not become unproductive due to its slowness or that it sometimes ends up closing due to how heavy it can be.. the same files and readings within the application end up influencing when you open WhatsApp.
- Enter WhatsApp settings three vertical points in the upper right corner of the screen and select Storage & Data.
- For all types of download, try to select any file so nothing is downloaded without your permission beforehand, namely, download things manually to have a control of space within the application.
