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988 points keyboardJones | 1 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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georgeck ◴[08 Sep 25 17:08 UTC] No.45170854[source]▶
It would be really useful to have more client-side control over media storage. That way, I could better manage storage growth without wiping entire threads.

For example, being able to see all media across chats, sort by file size, and optionally group by conversation would make it much easier to clean things up.

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chimeracoder ◴[08 Sep 25 17:11 UTC] No.45170891[source]▶
> It would be really useful to have more client-side control over media storage. That way, I could better manage storage growth without wiping entire threads.

> For example, being able to see all media across chats, sort by file size, and optionally group by conversation would make it much easier to clean things up.

I have good news for you: this already exists.

On Android:

Settings >> Data and Storage >> Manage Storage >> Review Storage

This allows you to view all of your media, files, and audio across all chats, sorted by the amount of storage used. You can also delete those files individually without affecting the rest of the chat.

You can also do the same thing within a conversation.

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1. mfsch ◴[08 Sep 25 19:37 UTC] No.45172880[source]▶
The issue I have with this is that it deletes the whole message, not just the media. In WhatsApp, you can delete media from the images/video folders and the messages remain in the conversation, they even still have the blurry preview iirc. In Signal, you end up with gaps in your history instead.