How to save photos and videos from WhatsApp Web
Quick answer
Open the chat on web.whatsapp.com, open FileSnatch, and the photos and videos the chat shows appear in the panel, ready to save.
The problem
WhatsApp Web makes you open every photo and click download, one at a time, and the files arrive with meaningless names, mixed in with everything else in your Downloads folder.
How FileSnatch helps
- FileSnatch reads what WhatsApp Web already shows you: no extra login, nothing sent anywhere.
- The chat's photos and videos appear as thumbnails; click one to see it big.
- Files save into a folder named after the chat, with the date.
Step by step
- Open WhatsApp Web
Go to web.whatsapp.com in Chrome and open the chat.
- Open FileSnatch
The chat's photos and videos fill the panel.
- Load more
Scroll up in the chat for older media; play a video once to make it available.
- Save
Download what you need.
Good to know
- Need a whole Telegram channel instead? FileSnatch saves those too, back through their history.
Questions
Does it work with the WhatsApp phone or desktop app?
No, only WhatsApp's website in Chrome.
Do I need to log in to FileSnatch?
No.
What else FileSnatch does
Grabs as you browseEvery video, photo, sound and document a page shows is caught for you, even hidden and streamed ones.
Bulk downloadDownload all at once, as one ZIP, or many PDFs joined into one, numbered in order.
Save part of a videoTrim a section, keep just the sound, or stop a long download and keep what's done.
Look insideCollect the files behind every page a list links to, or only the pages about a word.
Telegram downloadsWhole channels in full quality, only what's new since last time, or just the last week.
Convert and compressVideo to MP3 or GIF; make videos, PDFs, pictures and audio smaller. Nothing is uploaded.
Try it in ChromeFree, no account. Everything runs in your browser.
Add FileSnatch to Chrome
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