Are you new to Whatsapp or wondering how ‘Delete for Everyone’ works?
Well, we are here to answer how the feature works differently on iOS and Android platforms.
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Let’s begin without any delay.
Does ‘Delete for Everyone’ option on WhatsApp remove media from gallery
Short Answer: Yes or No. The ‘Delete for Everyone’ option on Whatsapp removes media from the gallery only on Android devices. If an iPhone user has saved the Whatsapp image or video in the gallery, then the ‘Delete for Everyone’ doesn’t remove it from the camera roll.
Now that you have received the short answer let’s dive into the details.
Whatsapp, even though it sports similar features on both platforms, works somewhat differently for Android and iOS. You might have heard the problems faced by the users who finally made up their minds to switch to iPhone.
There was no way to import chats from Android to iOS and vice versa. After many requests, Whatsapp developers were able to release this feature in June 2022, which made it easier for Android user to transfer their Whatsapp chats, including media.
Whatsapp user interface is one of the many differences that you can observe, but there are many. Unlike the Android platform, Whatsapp doesn’t save images and photos to a different folder on iOS devices. When downloaded, the images are first saved on the Whatsapp server, and if the user has toggled the ‘Save to Camera Roll’, which is a default selection, the image copies are saved in the camera roll.
That’s the reason why you might have seen the media in your gallery even after deleting them from the Whatsapp chat. If you delete the media from the Whatsapp chat, the gallery copy of the image remains untouched.
That’s different from the Whatsapp approach of saving media on an Android device. On Android devices, any type of media received on Whatsapp chat is saved in a different folder, which can be accessed from the device’s gallery as well.
That gives a small but significant advantage to Android users. Whatsapp users on the Android platform get the option to delete the media received from both the device gallery as well as chat at the same time.
One just needs to check the option to delete media from the device gallery. You can check the screenshot below.
