How To Download WhatsApp Status Photos & Videos on Android

On Android, whenever you View a user’s status in WhatsApp, the media files present therein get automatically downloaded to the hidden .Status folder located in WhatsApp/Media/ directory of your Internal Storage.

You can manually save those files by browsing to the WhatsApp/Media/directory using an advanced file manager like ES File Explorer, and then enable hidden files to view the .Statusdirectory. From there, you can just copy the contents of the .Status folder and paste it in a location of your choice.

If you do not want to do this manually, there are several apps available on Google Play Store that offer to let you save WhatsApp Status photos and videos. In this demonstration, we’ll use an app called Story Saver for WhatsApp. Here’s how it works.

Note: It is assumed that you already have WhatsApp installed on your Android device.

• Download and install Story Saver, if you haven’t already done it.
• Open WhatsApp and navigate to the Status section.
• View the Status of the person, from which you want to download media files. While being viewed, WhatsApp will automatically download the containing media files in its internal hidden “.Status” folder.
• Now open Story Saver and tap on Recent Stories.
• Browse the downloaded photos and videos from viewed WhatsApp Statuses, and select the ones that you want to download.
• Click on the Download button at the top-right corner.

The selected Story Photos & Videos will be downloaded to your Photos Gallery. You can also tap on individual photos and videos and use the Share menu to transfer them to other apps.

Thus, you can download photos and videos from any WhatsApp Status.