If this setting is on in WhatsApp, turn it off immediately, otherwise your phone will be hacked.
Siddhi Jain February 07, 2025 01:15 PM

Whatsapp Tips and Ticks: There are many such features in WhatsApp that very few people know about. If these features are inadvertently in your phone, then your phone can be hacked.

WhatsApp is the most used messaging app in the world. WhatsApp provides many features in the app for the convenience of its users, but there are many such features that very few people know about.

Do you know that there is a feature in WhatsApp that if you always keep it on, then your mobile can become a victim of hacking? The feature we are talking about in this story is media auto-download. By keeping this setting on in WhatsApp, if any person sends any photo, video or file, then it gets downloaded automatically to the phone.

If you also keep media auto download always on in your phone, then turn it off immediately. What happens with this is that if any person sends you data, it gets auto-downloaded. In such a situation, it is possible that the data sent by the person may contain malware or spyware and with the help of these, hackers can hack your phone.

In such a situation, you should always keep the option of media auto download off. If you want to turn off this setting in WhatsApp, then for this you have to follow some steps.

If you want to turn off media auto download in WhatsApp, then for this you have to go to the settings. Now here you have to click on the option of chats.

After going to the option of chats, you will see the option of media auto download here. Now you have to click on this option and change the default setting.

While changing this setting, keep in mind that you have to remove this setting from all the options. In such a situation, media will not be downloaded automatically from WiFi or data.

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