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How to send media, contacts, or location
Android
iOS
KaiOS
Web and Desktop
Windows
Share media, documents, location, or contacts
- Open an individual or group chat.
- To quickly take or attach a photo or video, tap . Otherwise, tap, then tap:
- Document to select a document of up to 2 GB from your phone.
- Camera to take a new photo or video with your camera.
- Gallery to select an existing photo or video from your phone. Tap and hold to select up to 100 images.
- Audio to send existing audio from your phone.
- 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 saved in your phone's address book over WhatsApp.
- You can also add captions to photos and videos. Swipe between photos to add captions to each one.
- Tap .
Note: To adjust the quality of an attached photo or video, tap
> Standard quality or HD quality > Done before tapping
. (The ability to send HD videos may not be available in all countries at this time.)
Forward media, documents, locations, or contacts
- Open an individual or group chat.
- Tap and hold the type of message you wish to forward. You can select multiple messages.
- Tap .
- Choose the chat you wish to forward the message to.
- Tap .
When you forward media, documents, locations, or contacts, you don't have to upload them again. Any forwarded messages that weren't originally sent by you will display a "Forwarded" label.