With over 1.5 billion monthly active users and more than 1 billion play store app downloads, WhatsApp is the most popular mobile messenger app worldwide. We all know that the Whatsapp status feature became so popular that it got replicated on many other social medial platforms.
Sometimes the status is so beautiful & eye-catching that we intend to keep it for ourselves. WhatsApp doesn’t have any native support to download status but don’t worry we have you covered.
There are many sources that claim to download Whatsapp status but very few are actually doing it correctly. Here in this article, you will understand different ways to download WhatsApp status.
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Download Whatsapp Status Using the File explorer
This is the best method because you don’t need any third-party application to download WhatsApp status. This method works for all devices which have file explorer with the ability to show hidden files.
Most of the Xiaomi devices are equipped with advanced file explorer which does this task perfectly.
Step 1: Go to File Explorer setting and toggle on Show hidden files.
Step 2: Go to folder Internal Storage and tap on the WhatsApp folder.
Step 3: Then go to the Media folder and open .Status folder. There you will find all the status (image/video) which you have seen.
Step 4: Now copy or move this file to some other folder because these are temporary files and WhatsApp will automatically delete it after the 24hr period.
Note: If you don’t have advanced file explorer then you can download ES File Explorer and follow the same steps as explained above.
Download Whatsapp Status Using Android App
The above process is a little bit long & annoying process better you should download the Status Saver app from playstore.
Just take a look at the desired status and you will be able to save the desired video or image to your gallery. Videos can be saved in the mobile memory, images can be used accordingly like. Images can be used as home screen wallpaper, lock screen wallpaper, or WhatsApp profile photos directly from a status.
All you have to do is to check the desired status /story and come back to the app. Then click on any image or video to view or save the item into the gallery.