WhatsApp made the “Status” feature official back in February. It lets users share photos, videos, and GIFs which disappear automatically after 24 hours. The feature was initially called a “clone” of Snapchat Stories by users and experts worldwide. Nevertheless, the feature is slowly picking up and becoming popular amongst the users.
WhatsApp Status updates are perishable by nature. Hence, WhatsApp does not offer an “official” way to save these shares. Some users take a screenshot to save the image statuses, but how about the videos? Even the screenshots fail to keep the image in the same quality as it is on WhatsApp. So what is the best way to save the statuses? Let’s find out…
Save/Copy WhatsApp “Status” Photos and Videos
There are two ways to save the WhatsApp Statuses easily. The first way is using a dedicated app. However, if you need to save the image statuses occasionally, then you can follow the manual way. Both of them are explained in detail below:
Save status files manually (using File Manager)
WhatsApp saves the status files (photos/videos) locally on the phone. But these are erased after 24 hours. So, what you can do is to copy them out of the temporary folder and save them to a safe location. Here’s how:
Note: You will need a File Manager app to perform this. Most phones (like from Samsung, LG, Sony, Xiaomi, and OnePlus) have it installed by default. You can find it by looking for an app named “Files” or “File Manager”. If there is none (like on Nokia Android phones), you can download and use Solid Explorer or ES File Explorer.
- View the status which you want to save. This will make a temporary copy of the same on the phone’s storage.
- Open your File Manager app – Files, File Manager, Solid Explorer; etc.
- Enable “show hidden files”.
You need to open the settings of your file manager and set it to show hidden files. Solid Explorer users can follow this guide to enable hidden files. - Navigate to the WhatsApp folder – Internal storage > WhatsApp > Media > .Statuses.
- Copy the photos/videos which you want to save.
- Paste them into a different folder.
That’s it! The copied photos or videos will be stored forever. You can access them later by opening the folder where it was copied to.
Save status files using a dedicated app
You can avoid the complexity and rely on a 3rd party app to save your friend’s WhatsApp Status. The app will automatically collect the statuses which you have seen and show them in an organized manner.
- Open WhatsApp and vew the statuses which you need to save/download.
- Open Play Store on your Android and install – Status Saver. You can also click on link below to open it in your browser/Play Store.
Download Status Saver from Play Store
Allow the app to access photos, media and files on your device. Because that’s how the app will read the storage to collect WhatsApp Status images. - Select the images or videos which you want to save and tap on the Save icon ().
- Images or videos which you save will be stored to the internal storage of your phone.
That’s it! You have just saved your freind’s WhatsApp status/story and it will be kept forever.
All saved statuses will be accessible from within the app. If you need to access the folder directly, you can open your File Manager app and browse to Internal storage > Status Saver.
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Thank you for the information. It is so helpful . For me my mother wants to see specific videos on other people statuses especially some spiritual content and m so glad and grateful for that now I could save them and she can watch it from her gallery whenever she want to . 🎀💕
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I used the manual version and it worked. Thanks
How about saving status on from the app twin WhatsApp?
got results of StatusSaver in a sub folder called StorySaver.
operation for pure file access seemingly does not work.
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The manual method was too tricky but satifying.. i really loved it man.
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Excellent information. Working fine for honor phone
Thanks for sharing. Very useful. Manual method worked.
Excuse me, I just installed the ES File Manager as suggested. However, there is no option to “Show Hidden Files” in the app’s Settings. I have even tried my iPhone Settings and scrolled to the ES File Manager app to check. There’s nothing there either.
Please advise.
Thank you.
Real me 5s have option or not to down load the what’s app status
nice article So useful all the steps thanks
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I can’t be grateful enough
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The apps name please
Wow its working. You can also check watools – Whatsapp Status Saver App
Thanks. God bless you
Thank you for the clear instructions. It worked on my Android phone
Thanks so much. it worked. Cheers
Explained very clean and easy to perform.
Your instruction only focuses on android what if one is using an iPhone, how can videos, pictures and Gif be saved or copied on WhatsApp status?
Cool brother,,it works,, thanxssss😄😄
Lol it works and easy. Thank you
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I just navigated to:
– internal storage,
– whatsapp,
– media,
– whatsapp images,
– private,
then selected and moved just out of it. It came in gallery in whatsapp images👍
Thanks a lot👍
Thank You for sharing our App “Status Saver” 😀
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I didn’t expect less, thanks.
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Very useful article. I never knew the manual way excited but now I do!!!!
Thaaaank you.