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Profile and group pictures of WhatsApp contacts and chats can now only be partially saved on your smartphone with a little trick.
Instructions: Save profile pictures of groups on WhatsApp
WhatsApp offers the possibility to save group pictures directly on your device:
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To do this, open a group chat and click on the name of the group:
WhatsApp offers the possibility to save group pictures directly on your device:
- In the detail window you now have to click on the group picture to enlarge it.
- Select the share icon at the top right in the large view.
- In the pop-up window, the option “Save to Gallery” appears at the top. Perform this action.
- You will then find the saved group pictures in your gallery in the “WhatsApp Profile Photos” folder or under your most recently saved pictures.
- On an Android device, taking a screenshot works as follows: Android: Take a screenshot – here’s how on smartphone and tablet.
- On an iPhone you take a screenshot like this: iPhone: Create screenshot.
Save profile pictures of contacts on WhatsApp – is it possible?
WhatsApp has unfortunately abolished the original feature where saving profile pictures of other contacts was possible in the new versions. To get the profile pictures of a contact, there is therefore no way around a screenshot:
