How to send media

Android
iPhone
Web and Desktop
Windows

Send media, documents, location, or contacts
  1. Open an individual or group chat.
  2. Tap Attach
    . Then, tap:
    • Camera to take a new photo or video with your camera. Note: Videos that are recorded using WhatsApp are limited to 16MB.
    • Photo & Video Library to select a photo or video from your iPhone's Photos or albums. After selecting a photo or video, tap Add
      at the bottom left to select multiple photos or videos at once.
    • Document to select a document from iCloud Drive or other apps such as Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. Note: Sending a document is only available for users on iOS 12 and newer. The maximum allowed file size is 2GB.
    • Location to send your location or a nearby place. Learn more about sharing your device's location in this article.
    • Contact to send the information of a contact. By default, all details stored in the phone's address book for the selected contact will be shared. Tap items on the Share Contacts screen to deselect information that you don't want shared.
  3. You can also add captions to photos and videos. Switch between photos to add captions to each one.
  4. Tap Send
    .
You can also share links to Facebook or Instagram videos, and they can play within WhatsApp. A preview will populate after you paste a link into your chat.
Note: To send media, documents, links, location, or contacts, you will need to grant the app permission to access your iPhone's Location Services, Contacts, Photos and Camera in iPhone Settings > Privacy.
Send high-quality media
  1. Tap WhatsApp Settings.
  2. Tap Storage and data.
  3. Tap Media Upload Quality.
  4. Tap Auto (recommended), Best quality or Data saver.
Note: High-resolution media will use more data.
Forward media, documents, location, or contacts
  1. Open an individual or group chat.
  2. Tap and hold the type of message you wish to forward, then tap Forward. You can select multiple messages.
  3. Tap Forward
    .
  4. Choose the chat you wish to forward the message to then tap Forward.
When you forward media, documents, locations, or contacts, you don't have to upload them again. Forwarded messages that weren't originally sent by you will display a "Forwarded" label.
Note: Captions won't be forwarded with media.
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