How to stop photos videos auto-saving on Viber for Android

By default, photos and videos automatically load on Viber app for Android and iOS devices. While this is not a problem on Wi-Fi, it could get expensive when photos and videos are automatically downloaded when you're using mobile data connection. If you have mobile data on and someone shares a long video or a lot of pictures on Viber message, it may use up a huge chuck of your mobile data package. Fortunately, Viber allows you to stop auto-downloading of media files. With the auto-saving disabled, photos shared on Viber will no longer be saved on your Android Gallery and you won’t have to worry about exhausting your mobile data. Another plus is that pictures from Viber will no longer take unnecessary space on your device storage. Here are the steps to disable auto-saving or loading of photos and videos on Viber messages:

How to disable automatically loading pictures on Viber

• Open Viber app on your Android phone or tablet
• Swipe from left to right to bring up the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Go to “Media”
• Turn off “Allow automatic download of photos over mobile networks”

Now you can use your Viber app on mobile data without worrying about data charges due to photos and videos on Viber message. From the media settings, you can also delete old voice messages and restrict data usage to save data on mobile networks.

Turn off auto-save pictures on Viber app for iPhone or iPad 

Here are the steps to turn off auto-save pictures and videos on Viber for iPhone or other Apple iOS devices:

• Open Viber app on your iPhone
• Tap “More” (three dots on the bottom right screen)
• Tap on the Settings or the Gear icon
• Select “Media”
• Toggle off “Save to Gallery” option

Now viber images and videos will no longer automatically save on your iPhone 6s or iPad.