How to stop photos videos auto saving on Viber for Android

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 youre 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.

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How to appear offline on Viber app for Android iOS turning off Online status

How to appear offline on Viber app for Android iOS turning off Online status

On Viber you can immediately check the online status of your friends and your friends can also check whether youre online or offline. You can actually appear offline by turning off "online" status in Viber app settings. However, many people dont know about this feature so they turn on aeroplane mode, turn-off Wi-Fi or mobile data so that they dont appear as online on Viber. Many people assume that if youre  appearing online on Viber, it means you are available for chat. However because were constantly connected to the internet, were always appearing as "online" on Viber and other messaging apps like Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp. This could be a hassle because people will want to chat with you even in youre work hours and you will be bombarded with Viber notifications. Of course you could always disable Viber notifications from Android settings but that could mean youll miss some important/urgent messages. If youre simply appearing offline, people will send you messages but wont expect an immediate response.


Here are the steps to appear offline on Viber app for Android or iphones

• Open Viber
• Tap on the menu icon on the top left (or swipe from left edge of the screen to the right)
• Scroll down and tap "Settings" >> Tap "Privacy"
• Now tap on "Share Online Status" to appear offline

Once you disable your Viber Online status, you can change this settings only after 24 hours. Viber will notify you when you can change it. It is also a good idea to turn off "seen" status that appear below Viber messages after youve read them. Read: Hide seen from messages read on Viber app

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How to hide seen status from Viber messages on Android and iOS

How to hide seen status from Viber messages on Android and iOS

Whenever you open a Viber chat message, the sender will know that youve viewed the message because right below the Viber message, it will show "seen" status.There may be times where you are busy and have read the message but cant reply immediately but because it will show up as seen the sender may assume you are ignoring his/her message. So to save this unnecessary tension, you can disable or hide seen status from messages so that the sender wont know youve read the messages. Follow these short steps:

How to disable message seen feature on Viber messenger

• Open Viber >> Open Menu (tap on the top left icon or swipe from left edge of the screen to the right)
  
• Scroll down and select "Settings" >> Privacy
• Tap on Send Seen Status to remove the check mark. (Turning this setting off will hide others Seen status from you)

Now whenever you receive a Viber message, you can open it and others will not know that youve seen the message. From the same settings you can also turn off your "online" status so that you can appear offline to others.

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