Back up your saved statuses to Google Photos
Saved statuses live in a Downloads subfolder that Google Photos doesn't back up by default. One switch fixes that.
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How to find the WhatsApp .Statuses folder
The exact path on every Android version, how to show hidden folders, and why the folder sometimes looks empty when it isn't.
Do statuses come back after a WhatsApp backup restore?
What a WhatsApp backup includes, why statuses aren't in it, and what to do after restoring on a new or reset phone.
Saved statuses are quietly filling your storage
A few taps a day adds up faster than you'd think. How to see what you've accumulated and clear it without losing the ones that matter.
Saving several statuses at once, without saving everything
Bulk saving is fast and it is how people end up with 400 files they never look at. A middle path.
Moving your saved statuses to a new phone
Saved statuses are ordinary files, which makes this simpler than people expect — and unrelated to your WhatsApp backup.
How much mobile data does watching statuses actually use?
Statuses download in full when you view them. The numbers add up faster than most people expect.
WhatsApp is using 40 GB — where it actually goes
Statuses are rarely the culprit. Here is what is really taking the space, and the order to clear it in.