Whats App Eating Too Much of Internal Memory? Here Is an Easy Fix

WhatsApp is a cool application that is perfect for keeping in touch with your friends on the move. The application is available on various platforms like Java,Android etc.

The application is tedious at times just because it uses a lot of Internal Memory on phones, This post will teach you an easy fix to reduce the Space hunger of Whatsapp.

Before trying this method, Whatsapp was using almost 41MB of my internal memory and after trying this, It reduced to less than 3MB. I guess droiders know how valuable internal memory is?

Assuming you are using WhatsApp on Android, Lets proceed. As of now I have not been able to find an Application that will take backup of Data files without having Root Access. Hence this method as of now works only on Rooted Android Phones.

Pre-Requisites:

  1. 7Zip.
  2. Titanium Backup Android App. (Free or Donate version)

How to Reduce Memory Usage of WhatsApp.

Proceed with the steps after you have Installed 7Zip on your Computer and Titanium Backup on your Android.

Step 1. Open Titanium Backup on your Android.

Step 2. Click on Backup/Restore Tab on the app.

Step 3. Scroll down the page unless you find WhatsApp in the list > Click on the App.

Step 4. Press the Backup Button. Let it create the backup.

Step 5. After the backup is completed, Close Titanium Backup and connect your Android to the Computer via USB or Bluetooth.

Step 6. Browse to the Titanium Backup folder on your SD Card via computer > Copy these 3 files to your Desktop.

  • com.whatsapp-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.apk.gz
  • com.whatsapp-xxxxxxxxxx.properties
  • com.whatsapp-xxxxxxxxxx.tar.gz

xxxxx will be replaced by the date and random numbers on your files.

Note: Make a Backup of these files on your Hard Disk or Dropbox before proceeding.

Step 7. Right click the “com.whatsapp-xxxxxxxxxx.tar.gz” file > 7Zip > Open Archive.

Step 8. Navigate through the files unless you reach the ‘files‘ folder. The path should be as follows: “com.whatsapp-xxxxxxxxxx.tar.gz\com.whatsapp-xxxxxxxxxx.tar\data\data\com.whatsapp\.\files\

Step 9. Once you reach there, Click on the ‘Logs‘ folder and Delete it.

delete the log folder

Step 10. Close 7Zip and you will be asked if you want to update the Archive, Click OK.

update OK

Step 11. Copy the 3 files again and Overwrite it over the existing files in your Titanium Backup Folder on SD Card.

Step 12. Open your Android Settings > Manage Applications > WhatsApp > Clear Data.

Step 13. Open Titanium Backup > Backup/Restore > WhatsApp > Restore > Restore Data Only.

That is it, Now go and check your free space in the internal memory, I am sure you will be surprised. The only problem I found with Whatsapp was that it keeps unnecessary Logs in your memory that are no longer required. You can safely delete them from time to time as they keep generating. Make sure you don’t touch any other files which may lead to deactivation of your device on WhatsApp and you will have to Re-Register it again.

Hope this helped you regain your precious Internal Memory. Share this Tutorial if you loved it.

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